02 June 2004 06:47
RUSSIAN HOPES FOR SUCCESS AT CASPIAN SUMMIT
MOSCOW. June 2 (Interfax) - Russia hopes that the summit of the five Caspian states in Teheran planned for the start
of next year will be a success.
"Our task is to approach this meeting with as many as possible
agreed resolutions, in order to as soon as possible - and if this
meeting takes place at the start of 2005 - in 2005 to resolve once and
"Our reference point is Teheran and the meeting of the presidents," Deputy Foreign Minister and special
presidential representative for the regulation of the Caspian status, Victor Kalyuzhny said at the 11th International
Caspian Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference in Baku on Wednesday.
"I think that we fully have grounds for this," Kalyuzhny said.
The Russian diplomat noted that the negotiation process on the
for all the legal problems of the Caspian," he said.
status of the Caspian is progressing dynamically, which "was confirmed by the last meeting of foreign ministers
in Moscow."
Kalyuzhny said that the next meeting of the Caspian five would take place in Astana in four days.
"We hope that a convention on the legal status of the Caspian will be prepared," he said.
[Interfax] |
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