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GUAM Heads of States with their partners in Vilnius, October 2007


               interaction at GUAM level,   transport fields, as well as in   Q: On a country level,  able to pursue further our
               our experts and sometimes   the fields of terrorism and   what has membership  own independent foreign
               ambassadors gather together   the settlement of existing   in this organization  policy, to continue to play
               to exchange views, discuss   conflicts. In general terms,   implied for each one of  an important role in
               joint initiatives, set up a plan   we can expect that from an   your countries?   regional developments. It
               of action at the level of   institutional point of view              is very important that you
               permanent missions of   the organization will beco-  AZERBADIJAN: In the  are not alone when you are
               GUAM states here in    me consolidated in the two   beginning, it was a natural  faced with these kinds of
               Geneva. We have already   or three coming years. We   association of States that  difficult challenges. For
               identified possible areas of   would like to see collabora-  shared lots of values, many  each of our countries, we
                                                                         perceptions,  may call different pro-
               cooperation, so if we mana-  tion among States consoli-  common
               ge to implement this plan we   dated as foreseen in the   threats and challenges.  blems a priority, but when
               will contribute to raising the   mandate for the benefit of   Today, it is clear that the  we are united, when we
               overall profile of GUAM in   everybody.       world is very interconnec-  can count on each other,
               the international arena. We                   ted and for us it is very  when we see that we have
               have a lot of work to do in   UKRAINE: We await the   inspiring to see that there  a lot in common to mate-
               this regard.           future development of the   are countries thinking  rialize our common vision
                                                                        approaching  of the future I think this is
                                      political tendencies that we   about
               Q: Where do you see    have perceived recently.   problems in the same way  the major advantage to
               the organization a cou-  Over the last couple of years   that we do. Of course, I'm  draw from our members-
               ple of years from now?   our collaboration has beco-  speaking about my own  hip in GUAM. We know
                                      me closer and the next year   country. The most impor-  that there are countries
                                                                                for  with whom we can discuss
                                                                    difficulty
               MOLDOV: One might      may give us the possibility   tant
               deduce from your question   of advancing the ideas that   Azerbaijan is to be able to  anything and on whose
               that we are talking about   were there at the beginning.   eliminate the the conse-  support we can always
               short-term objectives agreed   With better means, we can   quences of the aggression  count -- be it political, eco-
               in the GUAM meetings with   put them into action, espe-  of neighbouring Armenia,  nomic or any other pro-
               the participation of Heads of   cially with the institutional   which occupies almost  blem. So, basically, it is a
               State and Ministers of   increase of our organization.   one-fifth of our land, and  demonstration of our own
               Foreign Affairs. In accor-  We will be able to resolve   has caused the displace-  vision on how we should
               dance with the last decision   the problems quicker and   ment of hundreds of  move forward together. I
               adopted by the Heads of   more efficiently thanks to   thousand Azerbaijanis. We  think it's easier and more
               State, the principal objecti-  what we have put in place so   would like to feel like an  efficient that we move
               ves are co-operation in the   far.            independent State and not  together.
               economic, energy and                          just be called one, to be

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