Kazakhstan, Astana, Aug.9 / Trend, A. Maratov /
Delegations from all five Caspian littoral states will today arrive in the Kazakh city of Aktau to attend the third session of the Conference on Tehran Convention, the Kazakh Ecology and Environmental Protection Ministry spokesman Aida Abenova told Trend.
"Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan's authorized representatives will sign a protocol on regional readiness, response and cooperation in case of incidents causing oil pollution and a protocol on environmental impact assessment in transboundary context," Abenova said.
She said cooperation of the Caspian countries to ensure ecological security of the Caspian Sea will move to a new level by signing two protocols to the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea (Tehran Convention).
The third session of the Conference on Tehran Convention will be held on Aug.10-12.
"The signing ceremony of the two protocols will be held on Aug.11 during the working meetings of the session," Abenova said.
She underlined that the conference will also consider the location of the Permanent Secretariat of the Tehran Convention.
"At present, the Secretariat's functions are temporarily fulfilled by the European Office of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)," Abenova said.
Ministers will issue a declaration following the conference in Aktau.
It will be attended by representatives of international organizations, NGOs and the private sector.