EU Presidency Declaration on the situation in Georgia

The European Union notes with concern the recent accusations of shellings and other incidents on both sides of the South Ossetian administrative boundary line. The European Union Monitoring Mission patrols on the ground in Georgia have seen no evidence so far to confirm mutual accusations of shellings.

The EU urges all sides to refrain from any statement or action that may lead to increased tensions at this particularly sensitive time.

The EU reaffirms the importance it attaches to all sides participating fully in the framework of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) and calls on all parties to cooperate fully with the IPRM in clarifying incidents, including those over the past few days. The EU further calls on all sides to give the EUMM unrestricted access to both sides of the South Ossetian administrative boundary line.

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• EU Presidency Declaration on Georgia (12/11/2009)
• Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia (30/9/2009)
• EU Presidency Declaration Russian Prime Minister Putin's visit to Georgian region of Abkhazia (13/8/2009)
• EU Council conclusions on EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (27/7/2009)
• EU General Affairs Council Conclusions on Iceland's application for EU Membership, EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia, and more (27/7/2009)
• EU External Relations Council Conclusions on Somalia and EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (27/7/2009)
• EU Presidency Declaration on Russian President Medvedev's visit to the Georgian region of South Ossetia (16/7/2009)
• Georgia: EU Commission provides further €2 million in humanitarian aid for conflict-affected people (7/7/2009)
• Georgia: EU Presidency Declaration on "Parliamentary elections" in South Ossetia (2/6/2009)