Azerbaijan, Russia hold bilateral consultations on Caspian Sea issues
Baku, October 16 (AZERTAC). Azerbaijan and Russia on Monday held bilateral consultations on Caspian Sea issues in Russian Foreign Ministry, the Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry press service reported.
Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov and a delegation, headed by a special representative of the President of Russia on delimitation and demarcation of the state border with the neighboring countries-participants of the CIS, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Minister Igor Bratchikov took part in consultations.
The statements of Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea project, a number of important issues on implementation of protocol, adopted at the summit of Caspian states, held in Baku on November 18, 2010, and some other issues were discussed at the meeting. The parties have exchanged opinions on the upcoming summit, noting importance of bilateral consultations on the legal status of Caspian Sea and emphasized importance of their continuation.
Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov also met with State Secretary of the Russian Foreign Ministry Grigory Karasin. Various aspects of bilateral relations were discussed at the meeting, then, the parties exchanged opinions on regional issues of mutual interest.
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