European foreign ministers, meeting in Brussels, have agreed to send 200 ceasefire monitors to Georgia by October 1.
The monitors will deploy to a buffer zone around the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. They are to replace Russian forces in the buffer zone, but will not have access to the two breakaway regions, due to Moscow's opposition. The EU's executive also pledged 500 million euros in aid to Georgia, to help it rebuild following last month's war with Russia. Meanwhile, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Scheffer is in Georgia on a two-day visit. Speaking at a press conference, he condemned Russia's military action. However, he could not say if Georgia would be offered a route to NATO membership at an alliance summit in December.
(Deutsche Welle)
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