16.09.08: Foreign ministers agree details of Georgia mission - The Diigo Meta page

• 18 Sep 08
  

  Prof. Dr Wolfgang Schumann

  eu-policies cfsp esdp georgia

  • EU foreign affairs ministers agreed during a meeting in Brussels yesterday (15 September) to send 200 observers before 1 October to monitor the ceasefire in Georgia and appointed French Ambassador Pierre Morel as the bloc's special representative for Georgia.

  • The EUMM will not be under UN or OSCE authority. Instead, it will be an autonomous mission led by the EU under the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).

     

    Morel, 64, is a former ambassador to Russia (1992-1996) and is currently the EU representative to Central Asia. He will work under the authority of EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and his mandate will be agreed shortly, sources said.

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