November
10, 2009 - The report of the Tagliavini Fact-Finding Commission on the
conflict in Georgia “has taught the European Union a lesson", the EU
special representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby believes.
In
his opinion, "the main service of the report is that it allows us to
look in the future, not the past now". "This report has given a clearer
conception of what has happened. And it makes the discussions and
negotiations held in Geneva easier because some problems that have
complicated the negotiations until now, disappeared. Besides, this
report is important as it gives us a lesson for the future - how to
avoid a similar situation", Semneby emphasized in an interview to the
“Kommersant” published today.
The EU special representative
stressed the results of the international investigation of the August,
2008 conflict had taught the European Union a lesson too. "The EU
underestimated the risks, and we could, probably, do more for the
conflict prevention. Perhaps, if we had had a more considerable
presence in the region before the war, it would have played the role",
he emphasized.
According to the results of the international
investigation under the direction of Heidi Tagliavini published on
September 30 in Brussels, the war in South Ossetia in 2008 was launched
by Georgia. At the same time the report accuses Russia of giving out
passports to the residents of South Ossetia, use of "excessive force"
for the response to the Georgian aggression, as well as conflict
escalation to the territory of Georgia beyond the bounds of South
Ossetia.
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