Caspian Sea legal status debated in Moscow
13:38, 19 July 2011
SCOW. July 19. KAZINFORM /Narymbek Ismagulov/ "Russia believes the decisions of the III Caspian Summit will be fulfilled to the full to let convoke the next meeting of the Caspian five at the highest level," State Secretary, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Grigory Karassin told today at the opening session of the 29th meeting of the Special Working Group on elaboration of the Caspian Sea legal status convention, involving the Deputy Foreign Ministers of the Caspian littoral states.
"The agreement on security cooperation of the Caspian littoral states, adopted in 2010 following the results of the II Caspian Summit in Baku, offers wide prospects to foster further cooperation of the Caspian five.
The Caspian littoral states have a real opportunity to settle the long ago escalated issue on delimitation of water areas of the Caspian Sea. Now we have to formulate certain regulations for new areas and the common water space," he added.