The Eumm Georgia mission will reorganize its “field office”

(B2) The EU observation mission in Georgia set up at the beginning of October, with its four "Field Offices" - two near Abkhazia (Poti, Zugdidi), one near Ossetia ( Gori),
the other near Tbilisi (Bazaleti) - will be organized. The "Field Office" of Poti will be deleted. And a new post will be created near Ossetia (Khashuri), allowing to cover the western zone
of Ossetia. Similarly, the RRC rapid reaction capacity, made up of 20 people, will be moved to Khashuri. And the Bazaleti Field Office will be moved to Mtskheta, between Gori and Tbilisi, near the highway, which will facilitate rapid deployment.

Current locations of EUMM Georgia

A reorganization necessary for two reasons: the withdrawal of the Russians from the security zones around Abkhazia and Ossetia has changed the situation. "So we have to get closer to the administrative limit" confided to me a person in charge of the mission. And winter is coming. It is therefore necessary to reorganize the forces... Near Abkhazia, with the end of the Russian occupation in the security zone, the Poti post is now a little out of the way, so from Zugdidi, "we can go very quickly everywhere in the zone". Conversely, around South Ossetia, the area to be controlled is larger and less easily accessible. The geographical situation, particularly steep in the north (one climbs quickly over 1000 - 2000 m), makes the roads more difficult to access, even in normal times. Already today, it takes almost four hours to climb from Gori to Perevi. So when the snow is here...

(NGV)

December 1 update: EUMM official statement