DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON LEGAL STATUS OF CASPIAN REGION.
By empty (4/28/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The legal status of the Caspian Region should be elaborated on with regard to the existing agreements between the former USSR and Iran of 1921 and 1940, which have successfully showed their prudence in the past, Deputy Foreign Minister Viktor Kalyuzhny, who is also Russia\'s presidential representative on the Caspian problem, declared in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, speaking at the ceremony of the opening of the first international forum on the Caspian region. According to him, another foundation for the legal status is the vested practices of business activities in the region. As for the meeting of the foreign ministers of the Caspian region, which took place on April 6, Kalyuzhny stressed that the parties have advanced in their negotiations on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, but there were some disagreements.Visit also
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