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    "GUAM - INTEGRATING EUROPE'S EAST" GUAM SUMMIT OPENING IN BATUMI

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    30.06.2008 16:16 GMT+04:00

    Officials from Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova have begun
    converging in the Georgian city of Batumi for a two-day GUAM summit
    starting July 1.


    The regional grouping, whose full name is the Organization for
    Democracy and Economic Development GUAM, was founded in 1997.


    This year's summit takes place under the motto: "GUAM - Integrating
    Europe's East."


    For the first time, joint sessions will be held on three issues -
    economic development, humanitarian aid, and security cooperation.


    Participating countries are likely to sign the Batumi declaration,
    a document that focuses on developing transportation in the region.


    Representatives from 25 countries, including Czechia, Poland, Japan
    and the U.S. are expected to attend the summit.


    "Russia dislikes existence of an organization competing with the
    CIS. Much depends on the decisions to be taken during the summit. GUAM
    will hardly compete with CIS but the Commonwealth has no future,"
    Georgian expert Josef Tsintsadze said, RFE/RL reports.
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