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Khandohyi calls for effective cooperation within GUAM and BSECO
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Sep 27 Sun

Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Volodymyr Khandohyi has called for a
more effective sectorial cooperation within the Organization for
Democracy and Economic Development-GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan,
and Moldova) and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization
(BSECO).

The press service of the Foreign Affairs Ministry announced this in a
statement.

Khandohyi participated in a meeting of the Council of Foreign
Ministers of GUAM in New York (United States) on September 25 while
attending the 64th session of the General Assembly of the United
Nations Organization.

The foreign affairs ministers of the GUAM member-countries discussed
ways of strengthening political cooperation in preserving peace,
security, and stability in their region.

They stressed during the meeting that it was necessary to step up
GUAM’s cooperation with partner-countries and international
organizations.

The foreign affairs ministers agreed the organizational aspects of
GUAM’s operations.

They also expressed the view that it is appropriate to continue the
cooperation between GUAM and the United States.

As Ukrainian News earlier reported, President Viktor Yuschenko has
said that cooperation within GUAM has good prospects.

GUAM was founded on May 23, 2006, at a summit in Kyiv, during which
the leaders of GUAM member-states signed the organization’s charter.

Khandohyi participated in an informal meeting of the foreign affairs
ministers of BSECO member-countries in New York (United States) on
September 25 while attending the 64th session of the General Assembly
of the United Nations Organization.

The foreign affairs ministers discussed prospects for and ways of
further developing the organization and its institutions and its role
in the modern system of international economic relations during the
current financial crisis.

Khandohyi stressed that it was necessary to take quick and clear steps
to respond to m that it was necessary for the BSECO region to develop
cooperation with the European Union.

As Ukrainian News earlier reported, the member-countries of BSECO are
Albania, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Armenia, Greece, Georgia, Moldova,
Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine.