Benita Ferrero-Walder, the EU's external relations commissioner, is currently on a tour of the South Caucasus countries of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. Speaking January 21 with RFE/RL's Georgian Service in Tbilisi, Ferrero-Waldner talked about the role of EU monitors in the wake of the August war with Russia, as well as Georgia's prospects for Western integration under the new Eastern Partnership plan.
