EU allocates funds to facilitate Georgian-Ossetian dialogue

Kavkas-Press
17 Aug 06

Tbilisi, 17 August: The European Union has allocated 140,000 euros
to facilitate meetings of the Joint Control Commission [JCC] for the
settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, the head of the European
Commission Delegation to Georgia and Armenia, Torben Holtze, has said.

"The European Union has allocated 140,000 euros to facilitate meetings
of the Joint Control Commission. We hope that these funds will allow
the meetings to become regular and effective," Holtze said at a JCC
meeting in Moscow [on 17 August].

Holtze described JCC as an important body fostering the exchange of
views between the parties to the conflict.

"We highly evaluate the fact that peace is the top priority at these
meetings," Holtze said.