Azerbaijan, Baku / corr. Trend S.Agayeva / The Georgian Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Azerbaijan, Alexander Akhvediany, stated on the 13th of June that the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia, Nokolaz Vashkidze, has become the new national coordinator of Georgia in "Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM".
Vashkidze is set to replace Valerie Chechashvily who is the current active GUAM Secretary General. Valerie Chechashvily was appointed to the position of the GUAM Secretary General based on the decision of the GUAM Council of Foreign Ministers on the 25th of September 2006.