Moldovan Foreign Minister Andrei Stratan, whose country chairs the regional cooperation organization, said today he has received official confirmation from Tashkent through diplomatic channels.
RFE/RL reports that Stratan also confirmed that Uzbekistan had announced its intention to formally leave the organization during a GUUAM summit last month in Chisinau.
GUUAM was set up in 1997 by Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova with a view to enhancing energy and economic cooperation among its founding members. Uzbekistan joined two years later.
Uzbekistan last month regretted that GUUAM had turned into what it said was a "political organization." Tashkent effectively ceased to participate into the organization's work in 2002.
RFE/RL reports that Stratan also confirmed that Uzbekistan had announced its intention to formally leave the organization during a GUUAM summit last month in Chisinau.
GUUAM was set up in 1997 by Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova with a view to enhancing energy and economic cooperation among its founding members. Uzbekistan joined two years later.
Uzbekistan last month regretted that GUUAM had turned into what it said was a "political organization." Tashkent effectively ceased to participate into the organization's work in 2002.
