Turkmenistan's ambassador Caspian Sea delimitation will not affect Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan good-neighborly relations

"This issue should be resolved in a civilized manner and on the basis of international law," he said.

According to Mammadov, the sides are holding negotiations on the delimitation of the Caspian Sea on both bilateral and multilateral levels.

"Work on the Caspian Sea delimitation is underway," Mammadov added.

The Caspian littoral countries signed the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Caspian Sea Marine Environment in Nov. 2003.

In July 1998, Kazakhstan and Russia signed an agreement on delimitation of the northern part of the Caspian Sea to realize sovereign rights for subsoil use, and in May 2002 - a Protocol to the Agreement.

Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan signed agreement on the delimitation of the Caspian seabed and the appropriate protocol Nov.29, 2001 and Feb. 27, 2003.

May 14, 2003, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Russia signed an agreement on the junction point of the delimitation of adjacent sections of the Caspian Sea.

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