Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 20
By Rashid Shirinov – Trend:
The next, 23rd session of the Coordinating Committee on Hydrometeorology and Pollution Monitoring of the Caspian Sea (CASPCOM) with the participation of delegations of the Caspian littoral states is scheduled to be held in Ashgabat on October 30-31, Turkmenistan TV channel reported on Saturday.
President of Turkmenistan signed the corresponding decree, instructing the Foreign Ministry, the National Committee of Hydrometeorology under the Cabinet of Ministers and the State Enterprise for Caspian Sea Issues under the president to organize the event.
The Caspian Sea is the largest inland body of water on the planet. In 1994, the hydrometeorological services of the Caspian littoral states, with the active support of the World Meteorological Organization, established the CASPCOM to make their activities more efficient.
Hydrometeorological and pollution monitoring in the Caspian region is of a great importance for economies of the Caspian littoral states, as well as for the conservation of the sea’s unique ecosystem.