GUAM Countries Establish Their Own Military Unit

GUAM Countries Establish Their Own Military Unit

ArmRadio.am
17.08.2006 18:30

Establishment of a joint military unit by the Organization for
Democracy and Economic Development — GUAM has been discussed at
a meeting of representatives of defense ministries and general
staffs of Armed Forces of Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan in Tbilisi
on August 17. Moldavian military officials do not participate in the
discussion. The country’s foreign ministry explained it by a number
of technical reasons.

As Spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Viktor Matko says,
the GUAM meeting is dedicated to further development of military
cooperation in the framework of Guam. According to him, it goes about
establishing a joint military unit, to which each country will send
its troops. In his turn, Ukraine’s Defense Minister Anatoly Gritsenko
noted that GUAM peacekeeping corps in case it is established will be
fulfilling tasks under a UN or an OSCE mandate, Regnum reported.