Moscow, 19/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - Chris Patten, European Commissioner for External Relations, in a speech delivered on 18 January at the Diplomatic Academy in Moscow (see details on his visit in EUROPE of 17 January, page 7), voiced concern about the situation in the Caucasus. In addition to Chechnya, he mentioned Georgia, asserting that the way Russia "appears to be using the visa regime and its monopoly of gas supplies in its relations with Georgia" is bound to raise anxieties. The EU...