EU Presidency Condemns Violence in Conflict Area

The French EU presidency said on October 3 it "condemns the acts of violence which have taken place in recent days in Georgia, whether it be the murder of Georgian police officers or the bombing this afternoon in Tskhinvali which left several Russian victims."

Seven Russian soldiers were killed and seven reportedly injured after a car bomb exploded outside the Russian military headquarters in the breakaway region’s capital on October 3. Three Georgian policemen were killed in September – two on the Abkhaz administrative border and another close to a Russian checkpoint in the village of Karaleti, a few kilometers from the South Ossetian administrative border.

The EU presidency said it hoped "light will be shed on these acts. All efforts must be made to preserve peace and security in the region," AFP reported. The EU presidency also expressed its condolences to the families of "the victims and to the Georgian and Russian authorities.”

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