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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9726

27 August 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/georgia
EU contemplates sending surveillance mission

Brussels, 26/08/2008 (Agence Europe) - Meeting on Tuesday 26 August, the Political and Security Committee (COPS) was unable to reach an overall agreement on sending an EU military mission to Georgia. At this stage, some member states remain reluctant to despatch such a force. The 27 representatives at COPS were nonetheless unanimous about the need to step up the EU's role on the ground by reinforcing the team of the EU Special Representative for Georgia (from 6 to 8 additional members) and...