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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9740

16 September 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/georgia
Council Green light to observation mission - aim to have presence throughout Georgia but priority on Southern Ossetia and Abkhazia

Brussels, 15/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Union's observation mission in Georgia is on track. On Monday, foreign affairs ministers adopted the common action (the legal financial basis) and the “operation concept” (Conops) for Council bodies to prepare the sending out of 200 European observers, mainly police officers, before 1 October. The civil ESDP mission mainly aims to monitor full respect for the six point agreement signed by Russia and Georgia on 12 August, as well as the...

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