Iran and Russian on Tuesday reiterated the necessity of consensus among the Caspian Sea littoral states for adopting a legal regime for the world's largest lake, FNA reported.
The issue was raised during a meeting between Tehran's Ambassador to Moscow Seyed Mahmoud Reza Sajjadi and Russian Special Envoy for Caspian Issues Alexander Golovin in Moscow.
The two sides also discussed the result of the Caspian Sea littoral states' recent summit in Baku.
During the meeting, Sajjadi expressed the hope that continued consultations among the littoral states would accelerate execution of the agreement held at the Baku summit and facilitate attainment of a final agreement and consensus over the Caspian Sea legal regime.
Golovin, for his par, stressed that Russia believes the Baku summit was a "successful" meeting.
Iran has underlined that all littoral states should have a fair and just share of the Caspian Sea in a bid to guarantee durable peace and stability in the region.
Leaders of the five countries attending the third Caspian Sea Littoral States' summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 18 inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost security cooperation among their states.
The first summit was held in Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan and the second in Tehran.
The MoU underlines that the Caspian Sea littoral states should help maintain security of shipping and navigation in the lake.
The 15-clause MoU endorsed by the Presidents of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan aims to bring more security to the region.
The statement also urged expansion of political, cultural, economic, technical and humanitarian cooperation among the littoral states.
It also underlined the need to pay more attention to protecting the Caspian Sea environment and it was agreed that these littoral states should spare no efforts to protect the Sea.
The previous summit held in Tehran studied non-militarization of the sea, non-employment of the waterway for threats to other countries, share of economic activities of the countries and non-presence of other countries in military drills.
The status of the oil and gas rich inland sea has been a source of disagreement among the littoral states since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
The Caspian Sea is estimated to contain between 17bln and 33bln barrels of proven oil reserves.