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GUAM NOT GOING TO FORM PEACEKEEPING BATTALION YET
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
06.06.2009 13:06 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Establishing GUAM peacekeeping battalion is not
priority for the organization at the moment, GUAM Secretary General
Valery Chechelashvili said.
"Currently, establishing peacekeeping battalion is not priority
of organization's activities," Chechelashvili said. "Now we focus
on development of concrete programs and projects on cooperation in
economy, trade, transport, energy and tourism."
Chechelashvili did not rule out possibility of consideration of this
issue in future when there are good opportunities.
He said GUAM is already universal organization the regulations of
which allow to deal with any kind of activities.
The possibility of establishing GUAM peacekeeping battalion has been
considered in the next few years. It was envisaged that the battalion
will operate under the mandate of the UN Security Council or OSCE
for the implementation of peacekeeping operations in conflict zones
in the member countries of GUAM. GUAM members are Georgia, Ukraine,
Azerbaijan and Moldova.
In May 2007, the establishment of peacekeeping units within the
framework of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development
- GUAM was suspended. Later the Moldova government said the country
was not yet ready for such talks, Trend Azeri news agency reported.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
06.06.2009 13:06 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Establishing GUAM peacekeeping battalion is not
priority for the organization at the moment, GUAM Secretary General
Valery Chechelashvili said.
"Currently, establishing peacekeeping battalion is not priority
of organization's activities," Chechelashvili said. "Now we focus
on development of concrete programs and projects on cooperation in
economy, trade, transport, energy and tourism."
Chechelashvili did not rule out possibility of consideration of this
issue in future when there are good opportunities.
He said GUAM is already universal organization the regulations of
which allow to deal with any kind of activities.
The possibility of establishing GUAM peacekeeping battalion has been
considered in the next few years. It was envisaged that the battalion
will operate under the mandate of the UN Security Council or OSCE
for the implementation of peacekeeping operations in conflict zones
in the member countries of GUAM. GUAM members are Georgia, Ukraine,
Azerbaijan and Moldova.
In May 2007, the establishment of peacekeeping units within the
framework of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development
- GUAM was suspended. Later the Moldova government said the country
was not yet ready for such talks, Trend Azeri news agency reported.