GUAM is a propagandistic initiative

PanARMENIAN.Net - GUAM was formed as an artificial organization pointed at Russia, a Russian expert said.



"Presently, Moldova tends to Russia; Ukraine is experiencing serious processes which can introduce changes into its foreign policy. Azerbaijan and Georgia have nothing in common. I do not eye GUAM as a threat to Russia. It's merely a propagandistic initiative. The states serving on it are not interested in resolution of conflicting," Mikhail Alexandrov, head of the Caucasus department at Moscow's Institute for Commonwealth of Independent States, said when responding to a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter's question during a news conference in Yerevan.



GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) was formed in 1997 on initiative of Heydar Aliyev and Eduard Shevarnadze. Moldova's President Vladimir Voronin did not attend the past three summits of the organization, his country being represented by Prime Minister or Foreign Minister.