Deployment of the EU observer mission : France is the leading contributor (September 22, 2008)
The head of the mission and his deputy have arrived in Tbilisi to prepare for the deployment of the European Union observer mission.
The objective, which we have every reason to think will be achieved, is to deploy the mission by October 1 in accordance with the September 8 agreement.
We hail the work done by the staff of the Council’s secretariat general and the rapidity with which our partners have mobilized to make a large number of monitors available for the mission.
With regard to the national contingents making up the mission, about 20 states are participating. It is customary for states themselves to announce their contribution. In the case of France, the leading contributor, we’re providing 46 monitors.
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