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Hansjorg Haber says there is no need to increase the 200-strong EU monitoring mission in Georgia (Photo: EUobserver)

Russia's rhetoric not helpful for jittery Georgia, EU says

by Valentina Pop, Brussels,

Russia's criticism related to the Nato exercises in Georgia is mostly rhetorical and does not help to stabilise the situation, the head of the EU's monitoring mission along the borders with South Ossetia and Abkhazia (EUMM) told EUobserver.

The political tensions in Georgia's capital Tbilisi, where opposition protests calling for President Mikheil Saakashvili's resignation have been going on for almost a month now, have so far not had any impact on the security along the administrative ...

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Hansjorg Haber says there is no need to increase the 200-strong EU monitoring mission in Georgia (Photo: EUobserver)

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