Ankara, Aug 31, SPA -- Georgian Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili onSunday called for the European Union to take a united stand againstwhat she described as the Russian occupation of parts of her country, DPA reported. "A common and unified effort by all of us, a European effort, ofwhich Turkey is an intrinsic part of this, will be essential (to solvethe problem in Georgia)," Tkeshelashvili said. Speaking in Istanbul after meeting her Turkish counterpart AliBabacan, Tkeshelashvili made it clear she expected Europe to act whenEU leaders meet in Brussels on Monday to discuss the union's responseto Russia's military actions in Georgia and its subsequent decision torecognise as independent states South Ossetia and Abkhazia.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/586322