By empty (10/1/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Members-states of GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) have again appealed to the UN General Assembly to include on the agenda of the 61st session an item on frozen conflicts in GUAM and their effects for international peace, security and development. \"The continuing conflicts in GUAM, namely in Moldova, Georgia and Azerbaijan, have been affecting the lives of over 16 million people for over 15 years and endangering international peace and security, threatening the sovereignty and territorial integrity of three UN member-nations,\" they say in a letter published in New York as a General Assembly document, the UN news service reported on Friday. The letter says that the situation is leading to the loss of control over significant parts of territories in the sovereign states ceasing the exodus of millions of refugees and forced migrants and obstructing the economic and social development of the nations.

By empty (9/30/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Russia said Saturday that it has suspended plans for further withdrawal of its troops from Georgia amid worsening relations between the two neighbors. Tensions escalated after the arrest in Georgia on Wednesday of four Russian military officers accused of spying. Russia has been gradually withdrawing equipment and troops from its two military bases in Georgia, which it plans to close completely by the end of 2008.

By empty (9/30/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Russia will evacuate almost all the embassy personnel from Georgia to Moscow on Saturday. Only two diplomats and two embassy guards will remain in Georgia, senior diplomat of the Russian embassy in Georgia Ivan Volynkin told Tass. Ivan Volynkin temporarily heads the Russian embassy in Tbilisi in the absence of ambassador Vyacheslav Kovalenko, who was recalled to Moscow for consultations in connection with the aggravation of the Russo-Georgian relations.