Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Feb. 26
By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend:
Rashid Meredov has been appointed chairman of the Turkmen Interdepartmental Commission on the Caspian Sea issues, according to a decree by the Turkmen president.
Meredov holds the post of deputy chairman of the Turkmen Cabinet of Ministers and the country’s foreign minister.
The Caspian Sea is surrounded by Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran.
Earlier, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers that the country will continue the active cooperation on the Caspian Sea issues on a five-party basis.
He said that in recent years there has been a significant advancement in solution of some key issues of the Caspian Sea, particularly, an agreement has been reached on approaches to its legal status.
“Agreements have also been signed for protection and rational use of the Caspian Sea water and biological resources, as well as for prevention and elimination of emergency situations in the sea.”
“We have also put forward an initiative to work on the documents on trade, economic and transport cooperation in the Caspian Sea,” Berdimuhamedov added.