Russia & CIS Military Newswire
December 14, 2007 Friday 9:31 AM MSK

Kosovo not a precedent for conflicts in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova
– GUAM

BAKU Dec 14

The GUAM Organization expects United Nations member states to confirm
that Kosovo cannot be a precedent for resolving conflicts in
Karabakh, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transdniestria, Azerbaijan’s
Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov said.

"We have thoroughly discussed this issue at a meeting of GUAM foreign
ministers in Madrid. A draft resolution was already submitted in
early December in New York [the United Nations], and now
consultations are being held with other countries," he told
journalists.

The draft resolution suggests that UN countries confirm "the position
formed by the global community that conflicts in the GUAM countries
should be resolved within the territorial integrity of these
countries," the minister said.

"In our resolution we suggest that, since Kosovo cannot be regarded
as a precedent for other conflicts, all countries should confirm that
conflicts in Moldova, Georgia and Azerbaijan can only be resolved
within the territorial integrity of these countries," the Azeri
minister said.

GUAM members are Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova.