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Azerbaijan expressed strong protest to Turkmenistan

Politics Materials 18 June 2012 20:18 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, June 18 /Trend/

On Monday, Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan Toyly Komekov was invited to the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan and received by Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov, MFA told Trend.

It was noted at the meeting that under the agreement reached between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan in 2008, there shouldn't be any exploration or production activity on the territories of the intersection of the bottom of the sectors of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan until issues related to delimitation of the Caspian Sea are agreed.

Turkmenistan, violating the agreement, attempts to start seismic work on the field Kapaz, located at the intersection of the sectors of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.

In this regard a strong protest is expressed to Turkmenistan, and it is pointed out that illegal activity of Turkmenistan is unacceptable and the Azerbaijani side reserves the right to conduct appropriate activities related to the protection of own sovereign rights in the Caspian Sea.

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