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Ashgabat hosted an international conference, titled “Peace, stability and international cooperation in the Caspian region”, on October 18, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry in a message.

The conference was organized by the Turkmen Foreign Ministry together with the State Enterprise on Caspian Sea Issues under the President of Turkmenistan.

Authorized representatives of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Russia attended the event.

Delegations outlined the positions of their states on the issues facing the Caspian states, related to their economic and environmental activities, possible ways of solving these problems, the establishment of scientific marine centers and the development of a national marine strategy, says the message.

Turkmenistan’s commitment to the development of constructive interaction between the Caspian states was noted during the conference. In June 2017, a meeting of the special working group on the development of the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea at the level of deputy foreign ministers of the Caspian states was held.

The latest meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group for the development of a Convention on the Caspian Sea’s legal status was held at the level of deputy foreign ministers in Ashgabat on June 1-2.

During the meeting, delegations discussed the remaining provisions of the draft Convention that had not been agreed upon. As a result of the negotiations, a number of provisions of the draft Convention were agreed upon. The delegations positively assessed the outcome of the talks.

Russia and Kazakhstan signed an agreement on the delimitation of the northern part of the Caspian Sea in order to exercise sovereign rights for subsoil use in July 1998. The two countries signed a protocol to the agreement in May 2002.

Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan signed an agreement on the delimitation of the Caspian Sea and a protocol to it on Nov. 29, 2001 and Feb. 27, 2003, respectively.

Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Russia signed an agreement on the delimitation of adjacent sections of the Caspian Sea on May 14, 2003.

The Caspian littoral states – Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Iran – signed the Framework Convention for Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea in November of 2003.

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