Georgia's integrity, reconstruction to be Czech's priorities at EU summit
www.chinaview.cn 2008-08-28 05:08:28   Print

    PRAGUE, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The territorial integrity of Georgia and the country's reconstruction after the recent armed conflict with Russia will be the Czech government's priorities at the forthcoming EU summit on Georgia, Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said on Wednesday.

    The reconstruction plan should concern the whole territory of Georgia, including the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhasia whose independence Russia officially recognized on Tuesday, the Czech news agency CTK quoted Schwarzenberg as saying.

    Russian troops entered Georgia in early August after Georgia tried to dominate its province South Ossetia by force.

    Schwarzenberg told journalists after a cabinet meeting that Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek received a relatively open mandate for the summit to be organized on Monday on the initiative of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

    Topolanek said the summit would discuss long-term reconstruction of Georgia. The Czech Republic wants to earmark 150million crowns (about 8.9 million U.S. dollars) for it in the next three years, according to CTK.

    EU Affairs Minister Alexandr Vondra said the Czech EU presidency, lasting from January till June 2009, will certainly deal with the conflict, CTK said.

    The relations between Russia and the EU will be on the agenda, Vondra said.

Editor: Yan
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