EU report sparks new wave of accusations
Author: Nina Akhmeteli
The report of the independent international fact-finding mission on the conflict in Georgia headed by a Swiss diplomat concluded that both Russia and Georgia share the blame for the 2008 war. The release of the report sparked immediate interpretations in Tbilisi and Moscow, with both sides claiming that the document backs their version of the war.
Although the fact-finding mission led by Heidi Tagliavini stressed that it is strictly limited to establishing facts and “is not a tribunal,” the report is considered to be the most reliable and objective probe at a time of conflicting information and endless spin between Tbilisi and Moscow.
This is the first mission of its kind in the history of the EU.
“The mission has met with an almost unhoped-for high and indeed very welcome degree of cooperation from all the sides directly involved in the conflict, and in many instances from outside actors as well,” according to a report issued by the mission.
There are no winners from the 2008 conflict because both sides have lost ground in the hopes and prospects for the future, according to the report.
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