Georgia calls for EU help over ‘occupied territories’

Report of a EurActiv interview with Georgi Baramidze, Georgia's vice-Prime Minister, April 2011.

He said that Georgia wanted the European Union to help it solve its conflict with Moscow over the 'occupied territories' of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

In October 2011 French President Nicolas Sarkozy told thousands of Georgians in the capital, Tbilisi, that Russia should stop making 'threats' against its neighbour.

• Primary Source

EUObserver, 2.5.11: Georgia to EU: Don't neglect eastern neighbourhood http://euobserver.com/9/32246

EU: EEAS: Georgia http://eeas.europa.eu/georgia/index_en.htm

ESO: Background information: Conflict history: Georgia http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-georgia-2/

BBC News, 8.10.11: Sarkozy warns Russia over Georgia 'threats' during tour http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15206738

France24, 7.10.11: Sarkozy visits Georgia on last leg of Caucasus tour http://www.france24.com/en/20111007-sarkozy-set-visit-georgia-last-leg-caucasus-tour-peace-russia

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