The spokesperson of the European External Action Service, Maja Kocijancic, on Tuesday 3 September, called on Russia and Georgia to exercise restraint and use their influence to promote peace, while Tbilisi announced that it had observed the mobilisation of military personnel and equipment in the breakaway region of South Ossetia, a region supported by Russia.
South Ossetia threatened on 29 August that Georgia would take measures "to ensure the security of the people of South Ossetia and...