Valeriy Chechelashvili, the Secretary General of GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova), stated that the 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 informed that GUAM offers the UN General Assembly a draft resolution which includes this principle. "The UN General Assembly will consider draft proposals submitted by GUAM member states on the settlement of conflicts in Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Nagorno Karabakh and Transdnistria, which target at supporting these countries within their internationally recognized borders," he said.

The GUAM Secretary General stressed that the latest 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 settlement 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 Ossetia 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 said, Trend news agency reports.