Statement of Foreign Ministers of the Caspian Littoral Countries in “Moscow”

According to a Fars news agency reporter, a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Caspian Sea littoral countries was held in Moscow with the presence of officials from Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan.

During this meeting, a wide range of these topics of interest to the parties were discussed, focusing on the priorities of the development of cooperation between the coastal countries of the Caspian Sea, as well as the current issues of the international agenda.

In the framework of this meeting, the bilateral meeting of “Sergei Lavrov”, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, was held with his partners from the coastal countries of the Caspian Sea, and the latest situation in the region was discussed.

The meeting noted that the interaction in the Caspian Sea has reached a high level, but more efforts are needed to improve its quality among all coastal countries, to strengthen its international legal foundations.

In another part, Lavrov referred to the huge development capacities of the Caspian region in commercial, economic, environmental, scientific, humanitarian, transportation and transit fields, as well as its strategic importance from the perspective of creating a transportation corridor. And the international transfer of North-South pointed out.

“Rashid Mordaf”, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, in his speech also mentioned the lowering of the level of the Caspian Sea as an urgent problem that requires careful study, attention and an integrated approach. read and in this regard, he emphasized the need to form a five-sided working group with the aim of studying the problems caused by the reduction of the Caspian Sea’s water volume.

The Caspian Sea announced its country’s emphasis and readiness to prepare a draft of the relevant legal document and, in this regard, proposed to speed up the approval of the draft agreement between the Caspian countries in the field of cooperation in the field of marine scientific research in the Caspian Sea.

In another part, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan mentioned energy cooperation in the Caspian Sea as another important and principled issue.

At the end of this meeting of the Ministers Foreign Ministry of the Caspian Sea Coastal States issued a statement in which the importance of the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea dated August 12, 2018 and based on the principles contained in it regarding the activities of the Caspian Sea coastal countries was emphasized.

The statement said: In order to finalize as soon as possible the agreement on the draft agreement on the method of establishing direct lines of origin in the Caspian Sea, the Caspian Sea Working Group is instructed to hold the number of meetings as much as possible. increase and, if possible, increase the meetings to at least once every three months during 2024.

– On the need to intensify the negotiation process in order to finalize the negotiations on the draft treaties of the five The following aspect is emphasized.
– Emphasis on the importance of continuing work on the draft protocol of the Tehran Convention on Monitoring, Evaluation and Exchange of Information on the Environmental Status of the Caspian Sea.

– They support the initiative of creating a working group on reducing the depth of the Caspian Sea and instruct the high-level working group to pay special attention to this issue in the framework of their cooperation in the Caspian Sea.

– It is emphasized on the necessity of holding five-way consultations in the field of developing cultural and humanitarian relations and the field of tourism in the Caspian region, as well as identifying common approaches for drafting relevant agreements.

– Also, the meetings of the foreign ministers of the Caspian coastal countries should be held annually if necessary and if possible. Turkmenistan will be held.

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