Moldovan delegation attends GUAM Ministerial Meeting
09:43 | 09.12.2016 Category: Official
Chisinau, 9 December /MOLDPRES/- Deputy Foreign and European Integration Minister Lilian Darii participated in a meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM, on the margins of the 23rd OSCE Ministerial Council held in Hamburg, Germany, the Foreign and European Integration Ministry's information and media relations service has reported.
The meeting covered a wide range of issues with particular focus on strengthening political, economic and sectoral cooperation within GUAM, development of Free Trade Area between the GUAM Member States and on extending cooperation with other organizations and states. Other items on the agenda of the reunion were dedicated to adoption of important decisions on the establishment of a new Working group on youth and sport and on the approval of the budget for the next year.
At the end of the meeting, Darii expressed gratitude to Azerbaijan for performing the duties of the Chair-in-Office of GUAM and congratulated Georgia for taking over the Chairmanship for the next year.
The Organization for Democracy and Economic Development – GUAM was established on May 23, 2006, at the first Summit of GUAM in Kyiv. Cooperation between Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova started with the GUAM consultative forum, established on October 10, 1997, in Strasbourg.
The main structures and events of the Organization are the following: the annual meeting (Summit) of the Heads of State (supreme body); the Council of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs (the executive body); the Committee of National Coordinators (working body); the Information Office, with the Secretariat being instituted in 2007.
In 2017, GUAM will celebrate 20 years since its creation.
(Editor A. Răileanu)