Russia intends to agree on Convention on legal status of Caspian Sea in 2016

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said in an interview with the Volga daily that Russia intends to agree on a draft Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea at the Astana Summit in 2016. 

"The countries are paying close attention to security in the Caspian region. Maintaining peace and stability is a key competence of the countries," he noted."In addition, there are draft agreements on cooperation between border guards, anti-drug authorities, and some other things on the negotiating table. The member countries are working on a plan for practical implementation of the agreement on overcoming emergency situations at sea, which was signed in the presence of the presidents in Astrakhan. The countries will also build up capital in the trade and economic sphere and in the sphere of transport. We continue active implementation of all the agreements on maintaining the biological resources of the sea and its environment, on cooperation between meteorological services," Grigory Karasin said."Our position is that by the next summit in Kazakhstan we may draft a big package of documents to add to the growing legal base of the Caspian Five’s mechanism," the deputy foreign minister concluded.

"The countries are paying close attention to security in the Caspian region. Maintaining peace and stability is a key competence of the countries," he noted.

"In addition, there are draft agreements on cooperation between border guards, anti-drug authorities, and some other things on the negotiating table. The member countries are working on a plan for practical implementation of the agreement on overcoming emergency situations at sea, which was signed in the presence of the presidents in Astrakhan. The countries will also build up capital in the trade and economic sphere and in the sphere of transport. We continue active implementation of all the agreements on maintaining the biological resources of the sea and its environment, on cooperation between meteorological services," Grigory Karasin said.

"Our position is that by the next summit in Kazakhstan we may draft a big package of documents to add to the growing legal base of the Caspian Five’s mechanism," the deputy foreign minister concluded.