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Monday, 28 April 2003

IRAN, RUSSIA HOLD TALKS ON CASPIAN SEA ISSUES

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By empty (4/28/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Gholam-Reza Shafe\'i in a meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Presidential Special Envoy Viktor Kalyuzhny here on Monday, discussed issues pertaining to the Caspian Sea. In the meeting, the conferring parties exchanged views on the need to promote various Caspian Sea conventions, operation of trans-regional enterprises in the sea and its consequences on the region. Meanwhile, the role of media in the process of Caspian developments and ways of demilitarizing the sea were discussed.
Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Gholam-Reza Shafe\'i in a meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Presidential Special Envoy Viktor Kalyuzhny here on Monday, discussed issues pertaining to the Caspian Sea. In the meeting, the conferring parties exchanged views on the need to promote various Caspian Sea conventions, operation of trans-regional enterprises in the sea and its consequences on the region. Meanwhile, the role of media in the process of Caspian developments and ways of demilitarizing the sea were discussed. Kalyuzhny referred to the latest developments in the Caspian Sea area and called on the Caspian littoral states to expedite taking decision on the issue. He reiterated that any delay to the effect will be against the interests of all states in the regions and will pave the way for any possible interference in the Caspian Sea issues. The Iranian diplomat also stressed the need to coordinate the measures taken by the states bordering the Caspian Sea on the issue and the continued validity of the 1921 and 1940 Tehran-Moscow agreements. (IRNA)
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