SERGEI IVANOV: RUSSIA WILL NOT ALLOW GUAM PEACEKEEPERS TO CIS CONFLICT ZONES

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Sept 25 2006

Russia will not allow GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova)
peacekeepers to the conflict zones in the CIS, Russian Defense Minister
Sergei Ivanov told Greek "Katimerini" newspaper, APA reports.

He said GUAM plans to deploy its peacekeepers not only to Abkhazia
and South Ossetia, but also to Nagorno Garabagh and Transnistria.

"Russia wants to solve current conflicts in political way and therefore
will take adequate actions to prevent this scenario," the Minister
said.