ARMENIA NOT TO ENTER GUAM IN NEAR FUTURE, ARMENIAN FM SAYS

Interfax, Russia
June 19 2006

Kyiv, June 19 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Armenia is not planning to enter
the GUAM group of countries in the near future, Vartan Oskanian,
Armenian foreign minister has said.

"GUAM membership is not on the agenda at present," he said at a joint
press conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Borys Tarasiuk in
Kyiv on Monday.

During Ukrainian-Armenian talks in Kyiv on Monday, the two countries
discussed the intensification of political contacts, Tarasiuk said.

He said the countries discussed preparation for a visit by the
Ukrainian premier to Armenia, and also a visit of Armenian President
Robert Kocharian to Ukraine.