GUUAM foreign ministers meet (12/02/01)

GUUAM foreign ministers meet

WASHINGTON - At their November 14 meeting, GUUAM foreign ministers participating in the 56th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York held another round of discussions within the framework of GUUAM-U.S. dialogue with Undersecretary of State Marc Grossman.

The sides issued a joint GUUAM-U.S. statement in which they declared that "the United States and the GUUAM nations (Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Moldova) stand united against terrorism and together resolutely denounced the barbaric acts of terrorism that were committed against the United States."

The GUUAM states and the United States stated that they "will work to bring the perpetrators of the September 11 attack to justice and to fight terrorism" and that this is "a struggle to defend values common to Muslims and non-Muslims alike."

Building on the close cooperation of individual states of GUUAM along with the United States on combating terrorism, the sides explored possibilities for increased GUUAM-U.S. cooperation in countering terrorism, as well as in the areas of transport corridor security, prevention of drug trafficking, illegal arms trade and migration.

The United States and the GUUAM nations, recognizing the threat of terrorism, have reiterated their continued support for the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, as well as democratic development of the GUUAM states.

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