EU Monitoring Mission deploys in Georgia — Key Events — Caucasus

What happened

Under the ceasefire agreements, the EU deploys an unarmed civilian monitoring mission along the administrative boundary lines with Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The de facto authorities and Russia deny it access to the territories themselves — a limitation the mission reports openly.

The EUMM is the only international presence on the ground since the UN and OSCE missions were vetoed out in 2009 — a tripwire and a record-keeper for "borderisation", detentions and incidents along lines that most of the world does not accept as borders.

Confidence: High

WhenOct 2008

KindDiplomatic

ArenaGeorgia / Abkhazia / South Ossetia

Confidence: High Sources: EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM)↗ · Established historical record Methodology Corrections

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Georgian territoriesMonitored, administered, unresolved

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EU in the Caucasus

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EUMM Georgia · atlasParticipanthigh confidence

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