Activity of GUAM Secretary General

Two years of heroic resistance. The war through the eyes of a foreigner in Ukraine. Observations, reflections, revelations

Two years ago, on February 24, at about 04:20, I was awakened in my residence in the center of Kyiv by the powerful blast of a rocket explosion that had stricken the city, notifying the beginning of the sinister imperialistic plans of the Russian leadership [...]

GUAM Secretary General Statement at the Third Summit of the Crimea Platform

At the outset, I would like to join all previous esteemed speakers in congratulating Ukrainians on the Day of the National Flag and the Independence Day that will be celebrated tomorrow. […]

Meeting of the GUAM Secretary General with Adviser on International Issues to the Vice-Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

21 July 2023, the Secretary General of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development – GUAM, Mr Altai Efendiev, met with Advisor on International Issues to the Vice Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ambassador Oleksandr Mischenko, at the GUAM Headquarters in Kyiv. [...]

The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain in Ukraine received the Secretary General of GUAM

13 July 2023, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain in Ukraine, H.E. Ricardo Lopez-Aranda Jagu, received the GUAM Secretary General A. Efendiev upon the latter’s initiative. During the meeting, the GUAM SG informed Spanish Ambassador about the GUAM priorities during the Chairmanship of Ukraine [...]

Meeting of the GUAM National Coordinator from Ukraine and the GUAM Secretary General with the Heads of the diplomatic missions of the EU member states and the EU Delegation to Ukraine

23 June 2023, at the joint initiative of and in close coordination between the current Chairmanship of Ukraine in the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (ODED) – GUAM and the GUAM Secretariat, the meeting with the Heads of diplomatic missions of the EU member [...]

Address of the GUAM Secretary General dedicated to the 26th Anniversary of the establishment of the Organization

Seventeen years ago today, on 23/05/06, the leaders of the GUAM Member States gathered in Kyiv to announce their decision to transform the GUAM initiative, launched in 1997, into a full-fledged international organization under a new title – the Organization for Democracy & Economic Development [...]

Why February 26, 1992, and February 24,2022 are closely linked

Altai EFENDIEV, Secretary General of Organization for Democracy and Economic Development – GUAM The month of February, by the irony of history, is notorious in the modern history of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Ukraine. Maybe just a few among the broad international community would [...]

GUAM and Modern Realities: 23rd Issue of the Scientific Yearbook ‘Ukraine Diplomatic’

Altai EFENDIEV, Secretary General of Organization for Democracy and Economic Development – GUAM Abstract. The author analyses the geopolitical situation in the region and adjacent territories over the past three decades, as well as outlines the GUAM foundations, its development, goals and objectives, relations with [...]

Address of the GUAM Secretary General dedicated to the 25th Anniversary of the establishment of the Organization

On October 10, 1997, in Strasbourg, the Leaders of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine signed the Joint Communique on the establishment of the new regional initiative widely known by its acronym as GUAM. […]

GUAM Secretary General Statement at the Crimea Platform

Let me start by congratulating Ukraine with two national holidays – the Day of the State Flag today, and Independence Day, which will be tomorrow. This year, these holidays are being celebrated by repulsing on the battlefields the unjustified, unprovoked aggression by the RF initiated [...]

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