Amir Abdollahian’s assistant: Until the borders of the Caspian Sea are determined, we will protect 20% of it

, Alireza Jahangiri, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Caspian Sea Affairs, said about the meeting of the foreign ministers of the Caspian Sea border countries in Moscow that was held on Tuesday: The holding of this meeting is based on the decision taken at the summit of the Caspian countries in Ashgabat in It was July last year, of course, the foreign ministers held 11 meetings in the past 30 years, but the feature of this meeting is that based on the decision of the leaders, it is decided that the foreign ministries will meet regularly to advance the Caspian Sea issues. /p>

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Jahangiri with reference to the importance of the issue of drawing the origin of the Caspian Sea He added: In the special working group of the Caspian Sea and the special representative of the 5 coastal countries, there were discussions about the issue of drawing the baseline in the Caspian Sea. This line is the basis for the detailed examination of marine areas, internal waters, territorial waters, fishing areas and defined water areas.

Due to the lack of the origin line, the legal status of the Caspian Sea has not been approved in our parliament

Emphasizing that the members of the working group of high-ranking officials are seeking to increase their meetings to more than 4 meetings, Jahangiri continued: After 2018, when the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea was signed by the countries Sahihi arrived, we did not have more than 5 meetings and 1 meeting was held this year, but based on the decision of the foreign ministers to accelerate the pursuit of Caspian Sea affairs, we will hold 4 meetings in 2024 from March.

Our standard is still 20% of the Caspian Sea

He pointed to another issue that was raised in the convention, but it was not mentioned in the southern part of this sea, he stated: the threat situation of the sea bed and under the sea bed It is the Caspian that we must demarcate and define our oil and gas resources with the two countries of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. Until this happens, we will protect and protect 20% of the Caspian Sea by order of the high authorities to the law enforcement agencies. Of course, this demarcation should be done between these two countries, with the clarification of the starting line, we can also get this convention approved by our parliament.

The effects of lowering the water level of the Caspian Sea can be seen in Golestan Province

The Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, referring to the decrease in the water level of the Caspian Sea in the past years, said: Another point in this summit is to point out the importance of the environment of this sea for the people of these coastal countries, which is not in a good condition. The reduction of water level is an issue that happened in recent years, of course northern countries such as Kazakhstan, Russia and to some extent Turkmenistan suffered more, in our own country this issue is more visible in Golestan province.

He said: We are looking to hold its first meeting in Baku in the future. We hope that soon we will see the establishment of the Secretariat of the Tehran Convention in the region, which will be located in one of the countries on a rotating basis every four years, and we will have this secretariat first in Baku, then in Tehran, and then in other countries.

The assistant minister of foreign affairs pointed out that the meeting of the prime ministers and the first vice president in Tehran has been delayed and stated: There are other discussions in this meeting. It was discussed about the economic conference in the Caspian Sea with the presence of the prime ministers and the first vice president. The first 2 conferences were held in Turkmenistan and Russia, and the third conference was supposed to be held in Tehran, which was delayed.

Jahangiri said: In this meeting, it was emphasized to implement the conference of prime ministers and vice presidents in Tehran as soon as possible. It was also mentioned that foreign ministers should hold meetings every year.

It will cause more prosperity in the economic and security situation of the Caspian Sea and we will see that the interests of the coastal countries of the Caspian Sea are taken into account.

The assistant foreign minister added: We emphasize the discussion of Caspian Sea transport, tourism and cultural cooperation of 5 countries, which were also emphasized by foreign ministers.

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