Bernard Koucher, foreign minister of France that holds the EU rotating presidency, told journalists after a meeting of the EU foreign ministers in Brussels today that many EU countries expressed their readiness to send observers to Georgia. He said, however, Western diplomats agree UN draft for Georgia truce ...
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"We need to go through the United Nations," he added. "We will participate in the mission the moment it starts," Schwarzenberg said. However, he did not say how many Czechs could take part in the operation. He said Prague would make a decision only after the proposals of other EU countries were known. "Then I will be able to give you specific figures. At present it is premature," Schwarzenberg said. The EU foreign ministers agreed today to send observers to supervise the ceasefire between Russia and Georgia in the Georgian region of South Ossetia.
(Ceske Noviny)
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