The 6th Parliamentary Assembly session of GUAM (Organization for Democracy and Economic Development) takes start today in Tbilisi and will last for 2 days.
The session will be opened by PM from ruling party Zurab Abashidze in his capacity as the Chairman of the GUAM Parliamentary Assembly.
Also, following speakers will deliver their speeches during the session:
David Usupashvili - Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia;
Maia Panjikidze - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
Ziapat Asgarov - Vice-Speaker of the Milli Mejlis of Azerbaijan
Oleg Bodrugy - Vice-President of the Parliament of Moldova
Ruslan Koshulinky - Vice-Speaker of Ukrainian Rada
Raymond Veyonis - President of Baltic Assembly
Cezary Grabarczyk- Marshal of the Senate of the republic of Poland
Valeri Chechelashvili - Secretary General of the GUAM
As the Vice-Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia and Chairman of the Guam Parliamentary Session, Zurab Abashidze said, cooperation in GUAM format is important in terms of getting closer to the Europe.
"GUAM unites four states - Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova. These states have chosen European integration and are involved in the Eastern Partnership program. GUAM as the unity of four countries is actively cooperating with Baltic Assembly, Benelux countries and Visegrad group, - Abashidze explained adding active negotiations with the Union of Nordic Countries is planned.
The participants of the 6th GUAM Parliamentary session will discuss issues such as the role of inter-parliamentary cooperation in the field of international and regional security support; Conflicts within the GUAM boundaries and their influence on regional and international peace, stability and development; Also, delegates will discuss issues regarding political relations and the European and Euro-Atlantic integration - share the experience of the European and Euro-Atlantic integration, the Eastern Partnership - from Vilnius to Riga, GUAM-EU cooperation. In addition the parties will discuss the economic potential of the GUAM.
The Session will be held today in Courtyard Marriott Tbilisi. To the end of the session the members of the Parliamentary Assembly will summary document. Currently Georgia is the president country of GUAM but on todays session presidency will be transferred to the next country according to the rotation principle.