POLITICS
PRESS CONFERENCE OF DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER OF IRAN
Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran Mekhli Safari told the press conference at “Europa” Hotel, March 17, that in the course of the 13th Deputy Foreign Ministers level meeting of the special group on elaboration of the Convention on the Caspian Legal Status, the parties had continued debating certain items of the document. He noted they had agreed on several issues related to trade shipping, and other trends of cooperation. At the same time, the Iranian diplomat reaffirmed his country’s stance concerning the Caspian delimitation on the equal-share basis.