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Tenth Anniversary of GUAM:

Ten years of successful

regional cooperation.

From left to right: President of Moldova Vladimir Voronin, President of Azerbaijan Il/taut Alitet;
President of Ukraine Viktor Yushenko and President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashv iii at the GUAM
Summit in Kyiv. (May, 2006).

On 10 October 2007, the GUAM, officially known as integration. This far-sighted
Presidents of the Republic Organization for democracy step was determined by simi-
of Azerbaijan, Georgia, and economic development - larity of challenges and threats
Republic of Moldova and GUAM, is an international that these states were faced
Ukraine together with the regional organization consist- with, and based upon common-
leaders of partner nations ing of four Member States - the ality of approaches in
of Latvia, Lithuania, Republic of Azerbaijan, searching efficient solutions to
Poland and the United Georgia, the Republic of the existing problems with the
States gathered in Vilnius Moldova and Ukraine. On 10 most complicated one relating
to celebrate the 10th October 1997, the heads of the to the unresolved protracted
anniversary of the GUAM four states originally shaped conflicts in the territories of
establishment. the process of cooperation and Azerbaijan, Georgia and

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