Georgia, Tbilisi / corr. Trend N.Kirtzkhalia / Valeriy Chechelashvili, the Secretary General of GUAM, a regional organization between Georgia, Ukaine, Azerbaijan and Moldova, stated that a principle of territorial integrity should be the basis in the resolution of all conflicts. This principle should be recognized at the level of UN resolutions.
He reported that GUAM offers the UN General Assembly a draft resolution on which includes this principle. "The UN General Assembly will consider draft proposals submitted by GUAM countries on the resolution of conflicts in Abkhazia, South Osetia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Pre-Dniester, which target supporting these countries within their internationally recognized borders," he said.
The Secretary General stressed that the last statements by participants in the resolution process makes their loyalty suspicious to this internationally accepted principle. "It is almost OK in words, while we still have problems with respect to frankness in statements by some participants in the resolution process," Chechelashvili noted.
The GUAM Secretary General cited Grigoriy Karasin, the Status-Secretary of the Russian Foreign Ministry, who originally estimated the prospective for resolution of conflicts in Abkhazia and South Osetia in his interview with Boss magazine. "Particularly, he does not unilaterally define Russia's official position on territorial integrity of Georgia. We would like to hear more exact signals in this respect from the participants in the peace process, perhaps from Russia as well," Chechelashvili stressed.