POLITICS
18TH SITTING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON PREPARATION OF THE CONVENTION ON CASPIAN LEGAL STATUS STARTS IN BAKU
Opening the sitting, deputy foreign minister of Azerbaijan Khalaf Khalafov greeted the delegations of Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, stated on achievement of bilateral and multilateral agreements on the issues of division of the Caspian seabed, preservation of ecological balance, environment protection, turning of the basin to peace and safety area, joint development of the energy resources, implementation of international projects, trade shipping and others, underlining that Azerbaijan would further adhere the peaceful way and by negotiations of all the disputable questions. Mr. Khalafov wished success to the sitting participants.
Discussions around the draft of Convention commenced at the close doors.
It has to be mentioned that the earlier sittings of the Working Group on preparation of the Convention on Caspian legal status were held in January 2005 in Ashgabad, in May in Tehran.
The 2-day action will end in news conference.