EU confirms ministerial meeting on SOssetia to be held Wednesday
European Union has issued an official confirmation saying that a ministerial-level meeting of the 27 member-states regarding the situation in the unrecognized republic of South Ossetia will be held in Brussels Wednesday. A statement on the meeting was issued by France that has the current term of EU's rotating presidency.
Well-informed sources told Itar-Tass French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner will inform his counterparts from EU countries on the results of his trips to Moscow and the Georgian capital Tbilisi.
South Ossetia, formally a part of Georgia that has existed as
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a de facto independent state since the early 1990's, has become the target of a large-scale assault by Georgian Armed Forces that began last Friday. Russia responded to it by sending reinforcement to the peacekeeping contingent in the zone of conflict.
European Union has issued an official confirmation saying that a ministerial-level meeting of the 27 member-states regarding the situation in the unrecognized republic of South Ossetia will be held in Brussels Wednesday. A statement on the meeting was issued by France that has the current term of EU's rotating presidency.
