POLITICS
EXPERT GROUPS MEET IN ASHGABAT
The meeting was assessed as an important step towards restoration of the talks. In the meeting, passed in the atmosphere of friendly and mutual understanding, the sides had exchange of views on approach to the issue of delimitation of the Caspian. As stated, the sides reached a significant approach on the principle of division of the seabed.
The sides agreed to continue the negotiations and decided to hold the next meeting in Baku. The time of the meeting will be coordinated later.
Deputy foreign minister of Azerbaijan Khlaf Khalafov also met the deputy Prime Minister of Turkmenistan, foreign minister R. Meredov. In the course of the meeting, discussed were issues of developing bilateral relations and regional cooperation. Also was stressed a wish of restoration of the Turkmen embassy in Baku.
The sides emphasized that strengthening of relations between the two countries would raise strategic role and transit opportunities of both countries.