Mehdi Sinai, head of the committee for Caspian of the Iranian parliamentary commission, said that the legal status of the Caspian Sea and the size of the Iranian section will be discussed at a special conference in Sari (Mazandaran Province) on December 14-15.
Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will take part in the talks.
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Iran signed a framework convention on environmental protection of the Caspian Sea in November 2003. Kazakhstan and Russia signed an agreement delimiting the northern part of the sea in July 1998 and a protocol to the document in May 2002. Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan signed a similar agreement and a protocol on November 29, 2001, and February 27, 2003, respectively. Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Russia signed an agreement setting the crossing point of borders of the three states on May 14, 2003.
