Statement of Presidents of the Azerbaijan Republic, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Republic of Uzbekistan

of April 24, 1999

Presidents of the Azerbaijan Republic, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Republic of Uzbekistan,

Proceeding from the traditional relations of friendship and cooperation between the countries and the people and emphasizing the aspiration to their further development;

Highly appreciating forward development of multilateral interaction between the Azerbaijan Republic, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine within the GUAM group and welcoming the accession of the Republic of Uzbekistan reflecting mutual aspiration to cooperation;

Confirming the commitment to fundamental regulations and the principles of international law enshrined in the Charter of the UN and the relevant documents of OSCE, in particular, to respect of sovereignty, territorial integrity, independence of the states and inviolability and internationally acknowledged borders;

Confirming determination to build the interstate relations on the basis of strict respect for the above-mentioned principles;

Confirming rate on further strengthening of the civil societies based on respect of the principles of democracy, rule of law and respect for human rights:

Recognizing indivisibility of safety and expressing the determination to combine efforts in opposition to risks and threats to peace and to safety at the national, regional and global levels;

Resolutely rejecting ethnic intolerance, separatism and religious extremism;

Expressing deep concern in the continuing conflicts and confirming the commitment to their settlement with peaceful means according to above-mentioned regulations and the principles;

Emphasizing importance of the multilateral cooperation in the field of peacemaking and peaceful settlement of crises;

Being deeply concerned become frequent acts of terrorism and violence, posing serious threat not only for individuals and the states, but also for all world community, and recognizing need of joint fight against terrorism for all its manifestations;

Attaching importance to consolidation of efforts on strengthening of non-proliferation regime nuclear and other types of weapon of mass defeat, and also on prevention of deliveries of arms to zones of the conflicts;

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