GUAM FOREIGN MINISTER WILL MEET TO DISCUSS THE DRAFT RESOLUTION OF PROTRACTED CONFLICTS

armradio.am
05.09.2007 15:47

The Foreign Ministers of the GUAM, an alliance of Georgia, Ukraine,
Azerbaijan and Moldova, intend to discuss in New York a draft
resolution on lingering conflicts in their countries to aid it in the
62nd UN General Assembly. "We [Foreign Ministers] will probably meet
in New York late this September to discuss the draft document. We have
decided to adjourn the issue from the 61st UN General Assembly to the
62nd session," Elmar Mammadyarov, the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister,
said in an interview with Trend in Brussels.

The draft resolution, especially referring to the conflicts of
Transniestria, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Abkhazia, was devised and included
in the agenda of the UN General Assembly at the end of 2006. This
issue was excluded from the agenda by GUAM representatives themselves.

"The GUAM Foreign Ministers discussed this resolution, Mammadyarov
said.

Moldova and Georgia participated in the discussions. Though Ukraine
did not attend the gathering, we are aware of its position,"
he said. However, the ministers did not comment on whether or not
the GUAM countries will gain support from the necessary number of
UN countries for including the issue in the agenda and subsequent
support during the discussion of the draft document at the session.