Despite the current uncertainty, the high-level EU team of mediators, including the French, German, and Polish foreign ministers, should stay engaged, and should try to work with all sides to prevent a further flare-up of violence as events develop on the ground.
With neither side backing down, and with Mr Saakashvili's domestic opposition possibly regrouping in the near future, there is a risk of either a further, disastrous flare-up, or another descent into domestic political turmoil.
Tempers have further flared a few days before the 30 June rallies.
He will become involved out of necessity if that suspended sentence is activated by further flares or fighting inside a stadium.
For music and nightlife lovers in Sydney, this is perhaps respite following a turbulent year of tension between local government and the general public something that was further flared up after recent controversial comments were made by NSW Premier Mike Baird.
But the controversy over pharmaceutical advertising may be more than matched, however, by further flare-ups over obesity and the advertising of nutritionally suspect food.
Pratt called it "cheap," Benard called it clean, but further flare-ups will have to wait: the teams do not meet again for three months.
The WHO had warned that further flare-ups were likely when making their announcement, but probably did not expect one so fast.
The European financial crisis has been contained but not solved; further flare-ups are quite possible and could derail the market.
With President Obama fighting for re-election on Nov. 6 and Mr. Netanyahu starting his own campaign ahead of Jan . 22balloting, both sides wanted to control the message to avoid further flare-up.
