Ilham Aliyev: Caspian Sea should remain as zone of peace, cooperation, good neighborliness

11:04, 30 September 2014

BAKU. KAZINFORM Azerbaijan attaches great importance to the development of cooperation with its neighbors in the Caspian Sea in the military and military-technical area, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said at an expanded meeting within the fourth Caspian Summit in Astrakhan Sept. 29.

"We believe that the presence of the armed forces of the sides and military activity in the Caspian Sea must be based on the principle of equal security conditions for all Caspian-littoral countries," he said.

"This will enhance mutual trust between the countries of the region. The Caspian Sea should remain a zone of peace, friendship, cooperation and good neighborliness," said Ilham Aliyev, Trend reports.

"The third Caspian summit held in Baku in 2010 gave a new impetus to the negotiations on resolving the fundamental issues of the legal status of the Caspian Sea, especially regarding the common approaches of coordinating the width of the national zone and the protection of marine biological resources," the president said. "An agreement on security cooperation in the Caspian Sea signed following the Baku summit has created an important mechanism for cooperation between border services and other state agencies in the fight against smuggling, poaching, illegal migration, human trafficking, organized crime and terrorism." For full version go to

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