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TBILISI, Georgia — European Union military observers will be deployed in Georgia by an Oct. 1 deadline despite Moscow’s continued insistence that they will not be allowed into two breakaway regions occupied by Russian troops, the head of the EU mission pledged Monday.
Under a French-brokered cease-fire, Russia has 10 days to withdraw its forces from Georgian areas outside South Ossetia and Abkhazia once the EU observers are in place.
Hansjoerg Haber, who is heading the EU mission, promised that the 200 observers will be in place near the cities of Gori, Zugdidi and Poti by Oct. 1 — a promise that was praised by Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze.
