Turkmenistan Calls For Meeting Of Caspian Countries' Foreign Ministers
Date
8/14/2023 3:06:11 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, August 14. Turkmenistan's Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov expressed hope for a
meeting of foreign ministers of Caspian states by the end of this
year, trend reports via the
press service of Turkmenistan's Foreign Ministry.
Meredov made the remark during the ongoing International
Conference titled "Caspian Sea: Symbol of Peace and Friendship" in
Turkmenistan.
According to him, the initiative to convene this meeting belongs
to Russia.
He emphasized the importance of actively utilizing existing
mechanisms of cooperation in the Caspian region, especially within
the framework of the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian
Sea.
Meredov also expressed his concern about the "slow progress
achieved since the adoption of this convention five years ago".
Previously, the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan said that the
country is ready to cooperate with partners on the implementation
of the Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline.
The ministry reminded the public that the international legal
validity of the project is beyond doubt after the adoption in 2018
by five coastal states of the fundamental document regulating the
key principles of policy in the Caspian Sea, the Convention on the
Legal Status of the Caspian Sea.
In this regard, the ministry referred to Article 14 of the
convention, in particular, stating that parties can lay cables and
pipelines along the bottom of the Caspian Sea and that the
determination of the route for laying underwater cables and
pipelines is carried out in agreement with the party through the
sector of the bottom through which the underwater cable or pipeline
should be conducted.
Thus, to date, the construction of the Trans-Caspian Gas
Pipeline is directly related to the delimitation of the seabed
between Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan.
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