Contingents in the EU's Georgia peace mission
(TBILISI) - The European Union mission that began monitoring the ceasefire in Georgia on Wednesday is comprised of at least 200 observers from 22 countries.
Herewith a list of the contingents deployed as of October 1 in Tbilisi and four field offices close to the Russian-controlled buffer zones around the separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia:
Tbilisi headquarters and Bazaleti field office (central Georgia, near South Ossetia)
Sweden: 25 monitors
Romania: 20
United Kingdom: 19
Denmark: 10
Finland: 10
Netherlands: 8
Ireland: 4
Gori field office (central Georgia, near South Ossetia)
France: 36 monitors
Poland: 26
Bulgaria: 4
Malta: 2
Luxembourg: 2
Poti field office (western Georgia, near Abkhazia)
Spain: 10 monitors
Greece: 8
Austria: 4
Hungary: 3
Latvia: 3
Estonia: 2
Zugdidi field office (western Georgia, near Abkhazia)
Italy: 35 monitors
Germany: 25
Czech Republic: 5
Lithuania: 5
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