The FINANCIAL — “EUMM can confirm the fatal shooting of a local man on 19 May at the Khurcha-Nabakevi crossing point on the Administrative Boundary Line,” the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia said on Friday. “According to a preliminary assessment based on local witnesses, armed security actors from the Abkhaz side of the bridge crossed over to Tbilisi Administered Territory (TAT) and carried out the shooting,” the EUMM added, condemning this fatality.
Urging thorough investigations and calling on all sides to refrain from any actions that could potentially escalate the situation, the EUMM reiterated that it was monitoring the situation on the spot, collecting information and informing EU Institutions and EU Member States. “The Mission will remain on the ground where needed and for as long as needed,” the EUMM added in its statement.
The EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia is an unarmed civilian monitoring mission. It deploys over 200 civilian monitors to contribute to the stabilisation of the situation on the ground following the August 2008 conflict. The mission started its monitoring activities on 1 October 2008, beginning with oversight of the withdrawal of Russian armed forces from the areas adjacent to South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In December 2014, the EUMM mandate was extended for a further two years until 14 December 2016.
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