Turkmenistan wants to strengthen position by creating military base on Caspian Sea: Russian expert

"There is not anything unpredictable and wrong in the statement [by the Turkmen President]. Every country has a right to strengthen its position," Sorokin said.

Speaking at an expanded Security Council meeting, the President stressed that Turkmenistan, along with land borders also has a long maritime border, which must be carefully guarded, Turkmen television reported.

Berdimuhammedov instructed the heads of military and law enforcement ministries and departments "to effectively combat the smugglers, terrorists, and any other forces which will attempt to violate the state maritime border of Turkmenistan, or to create an unstable situation there."

Turkmenistan has its share on the Caspian Sea, to which it can claim, and, of course, the country is trying to strengthen its position, Sorokin said .

He said this step does not go beyond the usual activities of the state. All the littoral countries, including Russia, and Iran, have their own border guards," Sorokin said .

There are no statements that the country is not going to agree with the future status of the Caspian Sea, or to take any step before it is determined, he said.

There are both bilateral and trilateral agreements between these countries. The parties have also agreed to determine the coordinates of the median line. The issue is yet to be agreed with just two countries - Turkmenistan and Iran - due to which the status of the Caspian Sea has not yet been defined so far.

Azerbaijan was the first the Caspian Sea country to begin to set the limits of the world's largest lake and define the limits of control over it. First, Azerbaijan announced the accessibility of its sector of the Caspian Sea on on Sept. 20 in 1994 by signing an international contract ("The Contract of the Century") with Western companies on a PSA model - production sharing agreement. This has also been reflected in the Basic Law of Azerbaijan dated 1995.

/Trend Capital/