Public Radio, Armenia
Dec 1 2006

Armenia not discussing the opportunity of joining the GUAM
01.12.2006 16:55

RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said in a press conference today
that as before the Armenian side opposes the GUAM initiative to
transfer the issue of frozen conflicts to the UN General Assembly.
The Foreign Minister mentioned that adoption of such a resolution
could seriously harm the process of the Karabakh conflict resolution,
which has been proceeding in a constructive course recently.
Vartan Oskanian stated also that `putting in one basket’ all the
conflicts on the post-Soviet space is unacceptable for Armenia. `The
mediators have been repeatedly saying that the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict substantially differs from other confrontations,’ declared
Vartan Oskanian.
The Foreign Minister declared that `Armenia is not discussing the
opportunity of joining the GUAM, since the ideological basis of the
organization does not proceed from our interests.’