2017-03-27
At the joint press conference, held after the meeting of the GUAM Heads of States, the Prime Ministers of Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova and the Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan summarized the meeting and answered questions from the press.
The Prime Minister of Georgia emphasized the importance of greater activity in terms of cooperation within GUAM and the need to make use of the organization's potential.
"The participants of the forum univocally recognize that the organization needs a fresh impetus and more active approaches from different sectoral fields, the private sector, and authorities to ensure the full use of the potential of GUAM and our countries," Giorgi Kvirikashvili stated.
The Prime Minister also emphasized the importance of the documents signed after the meeting of the Heads of State and pointed out that these documents will promote the full use of the potential of the Free Trade Area.
"We can say that today new life has been breathed into GUAM, and we are all very optimistic about the organization's future," Giorgi Kvirikashvili stressed.
During the press conference, the Head of Georgian Government thanked Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman for the timely initiative to organize the first GUAM Business Forum and the meeting of Heads of State in Kyiv.
The Prime Minister also spoke of the importance of joint efforts by the GUAM member states in relation to the issue of territorial integrity.
"As it was emphasized during the meeting, our common challenges, which are related to the unsolved conflicts in the GUAM region, obligate us to consolidate our efforts to ensure broad international support and reaction to the facts of violation of the member states' territorial integrity and sovereignty," Giorgi Kvirikashvili stated.
According to the Prime Minister, Georgia, as the Chair state of GUAM, will continue actively supporting deeper cooperation within the organization to achieve the common goal of strengthening GUAM and ensuring development and prosperity in its member states.
Prime Minister's Press Office