Baku to host international conference of GUAM, Baltic Assembly and Assembly of Benelux countries

In October Baku will host an international conference with the participation of GUAM, the Baltic Assembly and the Assembly of the Benelux countries, the head of Azerbaijani Parliament's delegation to GUAM, MP Elton Mammadov said.

He said the conference will focus on the structure of economy, trade, education, culture and energy security.

"At the initiative of the Azerbaijani side, the conference agenda was included the issue of protracted conflicts, and in this context, discussions will take place on the Nagorno-Karabakh problem," said Mammadov.

Joint activities will have a significant impact on the development of relations between the GUAM PA, the Baltic Assembly and the Assembly of the Benelux countries, said Mammadov.

GUAM was established by Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine in 1997 during the EU presidential summit in Strasbourg. In 1999, Uzbekistan joined the organization, and left four years later. A decision was made to announce GUAM as an international organization under the new name, "Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM," at the organization's first summit in Kiev in 2006.


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