GUAM futility is conditioned by lack of economic foundation
Ukraine's benefit from GUAM is vague, a Ukrainian political scientist said.
"During Leonid Kuchma's presidency, GUAM was represented as an economic structure. However, in 2000, our country rejected the idea of formation of peacekeeping contingent, thus expressing unwillingness to make the organization political and anti-Russian," Mikhail Pogrebinsky said.
"The situation changed with the shift of power. The Ukrainian diplomacy started viewing GUAM as a restraint of Russian interest in the Caucasus and Black Sea countries as well as in Central Asia. However, GUAM is mostly a U.S. project and its futility is conditioned by lack of economic foundation, the Caspian oil," he said, Analitika.at.ua reports.
"During Leonid Kuchma's presidency, GUAM was represented as an economic structure. However, in 2000, our country rejected the idea of formation of peacekeeping contingent, thus expressing unwillingness to make the organization political and anti-Russian," Mikhail Pogrebinsky said.
"The situation changed with the shift of power. The Ukrainian diplomacy started viewing GUAM as a restraint of Russian interest in the Caucasus and Black Sea countries as well as in Central Asia. However, GUAM is mostly a U.S. project and its futility is conditioned by lack of economic foundation, the Caspian oil," he said, Analitika.at.ua reports.
