EU FMs Hail EUMM Cooperation with EU Satellite Centre

At a meeting in Brussels on November 17, EU foreign ministers welcomed EU Satellite Centre’s (EUSC) “increasing role in support” of EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia.

Head of EU Monitoring Mission, Hansjörg Haber, said on November 13 that the mission already had an access to satellite imagery over Georgia’s breakaway regions through cooperation with EUSC. He, however, also said “satellite pictures can not tell you everything; it can not entirely replace monitoring on the ground.”

EU external relations council’s conclusions released after the foreign ministers meeting on November 17 reiterates the EU’s support to the full implementation of EUMM’s “country-wide mandate, including access to the de-facto entities.”

“While expressing its continued commitment to Georgia’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity as well as to the principal of non-use of force, the Council emphasised the importance of measures to further build confidence among the parties, including through taking advantage of the agreed Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM),” it says.

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