The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Ilia Darchiashvili, attended the 39th Meeting of the GUAM Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (CMFA), within the framework of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Alongside the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov, the Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova Nicu Popescu, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba, and the Secretary General of GUAM Altai Efendiev, also participated in the meeting.
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs considered various issues, including political, sectoral, and organizational cooperation.
During the 39th Meeting of the GUAM Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the parties signed a protocol on rules for determining the country of origin of goods to the Agreement on Establishment of Free Trade Area between the participating states and the Convention of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development – GUAM Member States on Mutual Assistance in Consular Matters.
By Sophie Hodler