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Some 38 countries and 15 international organisations took part in the donor's conference (Photo: European Commission)

Donors pledge billions to rebuild Georgia

The international community has pledged $4.5 billion (€3.4 billion) toward the rebuilding of Georgia hit by the short war with Russia over South Ossetia in August, with the European Commission alone putting aside up to €500 million to address Tbillisi's needs between 2008-2010.

"It is a moral imperative to help a neighbour in need," commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said when opening a donor's conference in Brussels (22 October).

He added that it was also in the interest ...

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Some 38 countries and 15 international organisations took part in the donor's conference (Photo: European Commission)

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