Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba took part in a meeting of the Council of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development – GUAM, which included Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian MFA press service.
The meeting took place as part of the official visit of the President of Ukraine and the Ukrainian delegation to New York to participate in the high segment of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly.
“We have outlined certain economic steps and projects that we will take to develop trade and international logistics through the GUAM countries. Secretary General Altai Efendiev noted that today was the most substantive meeting of GUAM ministers in recent years,” Kuleba said.
The parties discussed further political cooperation within the organization, sectoral cooperation between Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova and Azerbaijan in the fields of economy, trade, transport, IT and innovation.
Kuleba reminded of the successful holding of the inaugural summit of the Crimean Platform in Kyiv and thanked GUAM Secretary General Altai Efendiev, Moldovan President Maia Sandu and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili for their participation. (Ukrinform/Business World Magazine)