PanARMENIAN.Net
GUAM urges UN `to recognize territorial integrity as basis for
conflict settlement’
02.04.2007 14:41 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Valeriy Chechelashvili, the Secretary General of
GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova), stated that the
principle of territorial integrity should be the basis in the
resolution of all conflicts. This principle should be recognized at
the level of UN resolutions.
He informed that GUAM offers the UN General Assembly a draft
resolution which includes this principle. `The UN General Assembly
will consider draft proposals submitted by GUAM member states on the
settlement of conflicts in Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Nagorno Karabakh
and Transdnistria, which target at supporting these countries within
their internationally recognized borders,’ he said.
The GUAM Secretary General stressed that the latest statements by
participants in the resolution process makes their loyalty suspicious
to this internationally accepted principle. `It is almost OK in words,
while we still have problems with respect to frankness in statements
by some participants in the settlement process,’ Chechelashvili noted.
The GUAM Secretary General cited Grigoriy Karasin, the
Status-Secretary of the Russian Foreign Ministry, who originally
estimated the prospective for resolution of conflicts in Abkhazia and
South Ossetia in his interview with Boss magazine. `Particularly, he
does not unilaterally define Russia’s official position on territorial
integrity of Georgia. We would like to hear more exact signals in this
respect from the participants in the peace process, perhaps from
Russia as well,’ Chechelashvili said, Trend news agency reports.