Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili offered to hold a summit of the South Caucasian and Baltic states in Tbilisi. "We hope that will we succeed in enabling the 3+3 format proposed by Georgia and Lithuania. The format includes the three South Caucasian and three Baltic states", Mikhail Saakashvili said during a joint press conference with Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga. According to the Georgian President, the summit will promote the closing of the former USSR republics in a new European format and the process of integration of the South Caucasian states into the European structures. "Such contacts are significant for consolidation of democracy in the region and peaceful settlement of the conflicts available", Mikhail Saakashvili added.