OSCE TO CLOSE DOWN ITS MISSION IN GEORGIA
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is to close down its mission in Georgia, announced the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Alexander Stubb. Note that today Russia has blocked the extension of the OSCE mandate. It means that the OSCE observers should leave Georgian territory since January 1, 2009.
The Finnish representatives said that it would be impossible to make any agreements and to prolong the OSCE mission mandate. But still the negotiations over this issue will be continues in January.