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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9835

7 February 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/georgia/russia
EU warns Russia against increasing its military presence in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

Brussels, 06/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - The EU is “seriously concerned” about Russia's plans to boost its military presence in the two Georgian separatist provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia without agreement from the government of Georgia. Russia is suspected to be planning to create a naval base in Abkhazia. In a statement published on Thursday 5 February 2009 on behalf of the 27 EU Member States, the Czech Presidency of the EU says that this would be a “serious violation of the...

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