March 17, 2007 - 13:59 AMT
GUAM does not exist from legal viewpoint
GUAM-the Organization for Democratic and Economic Development, does not exist from the legal point of view, since only Azerbaijan and Georgia have ratified the necessary documents, First Deputy Minister of Georgian Foreign Affairs and GUAM's Secretary General Valeri Chechelashvili stated. He noted the other two countries-Moldavia and Ukraine, will ratify documents during the coming two months, after which an international secretariat will function in Kiev. "After this process acceptance of new members is possible," he said, adding that a number of international organizations, as well as countries like Japan, Kazakhstan, some East European states and China have interested in GUAM, "Novosti-Gruzia" reports.