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Uzbekistan may become GUAM member again

Business Materials 8 October 2014 15:07 (UTC +04:00)
GUAM is a unique organization in the post-Soviet area, the director of the Uzbek Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) "Caravan of knowledge" Farhad Tolipov said at a conference entitled "Azerbaijan-Central Asia: development, cooperation and common challenges" in Baku Oct. 8.
Uzbekistan may become GUAM member again

Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 8

By Ilkin Izzet - Trend:

GUAM is a unique organization in the post-Soviet area, the director of the Uzbek Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) "Caravan of knowledge" Farhad Tolipov said at a conference entitled "Azerbaijan-Central Asia: development, cooperation and common challenges" in Baku Oct. 8.

Tolipov said that Uzbekistan can once again become a member of this organization

"Despite that Uzbekistan left the organization, it continues to be an important platform for GUAM," he said.

"GUAM is important from a geo-strategic point of view," he said. "It is the only organization in the post-Soviet area which does not include Russia."

Tolipov also said that Russia is concerned about the creation of the Tashkent-Baku-Tbilisi-Kiev axis and Astana may join this axis in the future.

"Otherwise, Russia's role in this area may increase," he said.

Tolipov also said that a new security strategy is required in the region.

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