The FINANCIAL — According to Civil Georgia, EU extended on July 27 mandate of its monitoring mission in Georgia (EUMM) for another year, till September 14, 2010, saying the mission’s “presence on the ground remains a key stabilizing factor.”
EU foreign ministers said in the decision that EUMM “has a countrywide mandate and called for unhindered access of EUMM to Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which has so far been denied.”
EU also called on the parties “to fully comply” with their commitments and to withdraw all military forces to the positions held prior to the outbreak of hostilities.
Involvement of non-EU member states in the mission has not been discussed during the foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels on July 27, Reuters reported.
“It is premature to discuss whether to change or integrate a new mandate or the number of participants, particularly non-EU states,” Reuters reported quoting Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini after the meeting.
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