BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 11. Work on laying fiber-optic connection lines on the Caspian seabed will start very soon, said Kazakh Ambassador to Azerbaijan Alim Bayel at a roundtable discussion on "Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan relations: regional cooperation", Trend reports.
"Practical work on this project will start soon. All this is done to ensure the telecommunication independence of the countries and maintain information security," he noted.
According to the ambassador, Kazakhstan considers cooperation with Azerbaijan both bilaterally and in the context of a broad regional partnership.
"Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan are very important countries in the region. We are located on the western and eastern shores of the Caspian Sea. Both Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan are responsible, proactive countries in the region with appropriate resources. Consequently, I think that we have a great responsibility for cooperation in the region," said the ambassador.