GUAM
n.— «Georgia’s parliament Speaker Nino Burdzhanadze called on lawmakers from Azerbaijan, Moldova and Ukraine—a grouping known by its acronym GUAM—to agree on a joint statement on current tensions between Moscow and Tbilisi which escalated recently after Georgia arrested two Russian officers it accused of spying.» —“Ex-Soviet states refuse to back Georgia on Russia” BakuTODAY.net Oct. 16, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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