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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9719

7 August 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/georgia
EU concerned by clashes between Georgia and South Ossetia, whose representatives meet up on Thursday

Brussels, 06/08/2008 (Agence Europe) - In a press release published on Wednesday 5 August, the French presidency of the Council of the EU, “expresses its grave concern at the upsurge in tension in South Ossetia (Georgia)” last weekend. Clashes took place during Friday night (1st August) and Saturday (2nd August) in circumstances that are still unclear. An exchange of shell fire between Georgian forces and rebel forces led to the death of six people and left around twenty people wounded....