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Hansjorg Haber at the EUMM headquarters in Tbilisi (Photo: EUobserver)

Strained relations between Russians, EU monitors in Georgia

by Valentina Pop, Brussels,

Russia is not informing the EU mission of their deployment of troops, nor is it allowing observers to enter Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Hansjorg Haber, the head of EU's civilian monitoring mission to Georgia (EUMM) has said.

The German diplomat held talks with EU ambassadors to inform them about the situation in Georgia, a month after the mission was deployed to monitor the withdrawal of the Russian troops to their initial positions prior to the August war.

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Hansjorg Haber at the EUMM headquarters in Tbilisi (Photo: EUobserver)

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