DUSHANBE
, May 25, Asia-Plus —
Georgia
and
Ukraine
consider that
GUAM
is an important regional association that has become international organization.
Vice-premiers of Georgia (Georgy Baramidze) and
Ukraine
(Yuri Melnik) remarked this in
Dushanbe
Thursday [May 25].
“We hope that states, which share common goals and ideas and are strengthened by democracy and development of economic ties, will be able to get a lot,” Georgy Baramidze said speaking to journalists after the meeting the CIS Council of Heads of Government in
Dushanbe
.
For his part, Ukrainian Vice-Premier Yuri Melnik noted that that region association was of significant importance for
Ukraine
. “And the events that took place this week [renaming GUAM] show that through renaming the organization we have outlined what is of first priority for us in GUAM,” said Mr. Melnik, “It is economic development and democracy.”
GUAM
is the regional association grouping
Georgia
,
Ukraine
,
Azerbaijan
and
Moldova
. On Tuesday May 23,
GUAM
leaders adopted a charter changing the group’s status and renaming it GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development.
