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PARIS — France says an EU mission to Georgia will involve up to 300 observers as well as support workers.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Frederic Desagneaux said Wednesday the move complies with a decision at a EU meeting Sept. 15. The European bloc has agreed to send at least 200 observers to Georgia as Russian forces withdraw from buffer zones along the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
The EU mission is to deploy by Oct. 1.
Russian forces drove into Georgia last month after repelling an attempt by Georgia to retake South Ossetia by force.
Moscow has since recognized the independence of the two areas and is keeping nearly 8,000 troops inside them.
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