EU warns Georgia and South Ossetia against raising tensions

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Series Details 4.8.09
Publication Date 04/08/2009
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The European Union has called on George and South Ossetia to grant 'unrestricted access' to EU monitors in the region, August 2009. Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the war there, tensions are flaring.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4540036,00.html
Related Links
ESO: Background information: Conflict history: Georgia http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-georgia-2/
BBC News, 3.8.09: Georgia in Russia land-grab claim http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8181005.stm
Council of the European Union: Press Release, PRES/09/242: Declaration on the situation in Georgia http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/cfsp/109556.pdf
Website: European Union Monitoring Mision in Georgia http://www.eumm.eu/
France24, 3.8.09: Russia accused of 'penetrating into Georgian territory' http://www.france24.com/en/20090803-russia-georgia-south-ossetia-breakaway-region-accusation-extending-borders
France24, 5.8.09: Border with Ossetia on high alert ahead of war's first anniversary http://www.france24.com/en/20090806-south-ossetia-border-high-alert-ahead-war-first-anniversary-georgia-russia-conflict-rearming
BBC News, 5.8.09: Russia praises EU role in Georgia http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8184870.stm

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