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Deputy FM to participate Moscow meeting

13 March 2006 [14:41] - TODAY.AZ
Khalaf Khalafov, the Azerbaijan Deputy Foreign Ministers, will participate the 20th meeting of a special working group on definition of Caspian legal status. The meeting is scheduled for March 14-15.

According to Trend, during the consultations the delegations will coordinate draft Convention on Caspian legal status. The document reflects issue concerning the exploitation of Caspian natural reserves, in particular, the oil and gas reserves, shipment, fishing, and ecology problems.

Deputy Foreign Ministers of five Caspian littoral countries – Azerbaijan, Russia, Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan - will attend the meeting.

Working group on Caspian was established 9 years ago at the resolution of the Foreign Ministers of 5 littoral countries and the last consultations were held in Astana.

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