14/12/2020 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 14 December, with the publication in the Official Journal of the legal acts, the EU extended the mandate of the head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia(EUMM Georgia) by one year, until 14 December 2021. On 7 December, the mission had been extended until 14 December 2022 (see EUROPE 12617/32). In the coming days, the EU is also set to extend Christopher Reynolds’ mandate as Head of the EUCAP Somalia mission by one year, until 31 December 2021. The EUCAP Somalia mission is to be extended until 31 December 2022 (see EUROPE 12614/25). Finally, Spanish Brigadier General Fernando Luís Gracia Herreiz is set to be appointed force commander of the EU military mission that contributes to the training of the Malian Armed Forces (EUTM Mali) as of 12 January 2021, and will, in the process, succeed František Ridzák. (CG)