On 5 December 2019 in Bratislava, on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine,  Chairman at Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the GUAM states Vadym Prystaiko had a meeting with Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Shinichi Nakatani. GUAM+Japan cooperation issues were discussed during the meeting.

The two sides reconfirmed their adherence to the universally recognized norms and principles of international law, including those enshrined in the UN Charter, and underlined the importance of international efforts aimed at earliest settlement of the conflicts in the GUAM area on a basis of respect to the sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of internationally recognized borders of the States.

Minister Prystaiko and Vice-minister Nakatani expressed their strong intention for the implementation of the GUAM+Japan Cooperation Programme that provides a solid ground for developing new projects in order to fostering cooperation between GUAM and Japan in areas of mutual interest, such as trade and investments, energy, emergency situations, tourism, transport, culture, agriculture, medical care and environment