Joint Statement US-GUUAM
On September 14, a new round of GUUAM-U.S. dialogue was held during the General Debates of
the 57th Session of the Untied Nations General Assembly.
The Foreign Ministers of Georgia,
To this end, the GUUAM
Ministers and the Assistant Secretary of State recalled the Agreement on
Cooperation in the Field of Combat Against Terrorism, Organized Crime and Other
Dangerous Types of Crime, signed at the Yalta Summit in July 2002, and called
for concerted action in this direction.
The Ministers and Assistant Secretary of
State discussed issues of international and regional security and the prospects
of GUUAM-U.S. cooperation. The group noted concrete project ideas in the areas of
counter-terrorism, security and effectiveness of transport corridors, for
example customs control, border security, and trade facilitation. The sides
highlighted the importance of the involvement of the
The participating Parties discussed the
prospects of cooperation for the implementation of the GUUAM
Agreement on Establishing of Free Trade
Area.
The meeting provided a forum for GUUAM collectively to present recent progress on specific
regional proposals since their July Summit in
GUUAM
and the