Chisinau hosts GUAM Parliamentary Assembly meeting

Chisinau, 10 November /MOLDPRES/- The seventh meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM) today started in Chisinau. The participants in the event spoke out for maintaining stability in the region and settling current problems by means of dialogue.

“Our countries are different, but we have many things in common. I believe we can share a common European future”, Parliament Speaker Igor Corman said. He said that, presently, the country’s efforts must be focused on the enforcement of the Association Agreement with the EU.

Vice President of Polish Sejm Elzbieta Radziszewska said that “the events, the participants and witnesses of which we have been almost a year, confirm how dangerous the situation can be in case a country remains alone, without support and allies”. “The situation around Ukraine represents a test for security from Europe. We back the territorial integrity of all the countries of our Eastern neighbourhood”, she noted. Vice President of Baltic Assembly Giedrè Purvaneckienè said “we must keep on the international agenda the resolution on settlement of conflicts in the GUAM member states”.

GUAM Secretary General Valeri Chechelashvili said that presently, “we are witnessing a change in the world that has been planned by someone whose future plans are unknown for us as yet”. “I think that, by our solidarity and collaboration, we will contribute to improving this situation”, he concluded.

The meeting will end on 11 November, when a communiqué and a joint declaration of MPs representing GUAM, Baltic Assembly and Polish Parliament will be adopted. In 2014, Moldova holds the rotating presidency of GUAM and GUAM Parliamentary Assembly, which is to be taken over by Ukraine. The Moldovan parliament hosted the GUAM PA meeting in 2006 too.