GUAM Foreign Ministers set to meet in Tbilisi
By Kamila Aliyeva
Tbilisi will host a special session of GUAM Council of Foreign Ministers on October 8 which will be attended by the representatives of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova.
The information was posted on the official twitter account of GUAM Secretariat on October 6.
During the meeting, the sides are expected to discuss the bilateral and multilateral cooperation among the member countries, including the expansion of collaboration within the organization, the action plan and other issues.
The foreign ministers will sign an action plan and a document on expansion of cooperation among the members of organization, Azertac reported.
As a part of his visit to Tbilisi, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will also hold a number of bilateral meetings with Georgian government officials.
The meeting is dedicated to the 20th anniversary of creation of GUAM.
The GUAM format was created by four post-Soviet states in 1997 during the summit of heads of states of the EU in Strasbourg. The member states of the organization are Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova. In 1999, Uzbekistan joined the format and four years later withdrew.
In 2006, Ukraine and Azerbaijan announced plans to further increase the GUAM member relations and established its headquarters in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.
The GUAM plays an important role in ensuring regional security, as it contributes significantly to the development and strengthening of dialogue between the countries of the region.
Currently Georgia is chairing the organization.
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