Kamal Kharrazi, foreign minister of Iran, visited President Niyazov Thursday for a broad range of talks. He was accompanied by Mehdi Safari, deputy foreign minister of Iran and Khatemi’s special envoy on Caspian affairs.The sides discussed matters of bilateral and regional interest. Niyazov and Kharrazi reviewed the progress of bilateral economic projects. One of the important projects, almost ready for commissioning, is the Dostluk dam-reservoir straddling Turkmen-Iran border at Serakhs that would feed 25000 hectares of agricultural land on each side of the border. Both parties noted with satisfaction the flourishing cooperation in the fields of oil and gas, road construction, power engineering and trade. Niyazov proposed to increase the export of LPG to Iran. Iran is one of the largest buyers of LPG from Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan and Iran are striving to raise the volume of mutual trade turnover to US $ one billion, a goal that could possibly be met within the next three years. Problems related to determination of legal status of Caspian also came under discussion. Niyazov and Kharrazi agreed that the status of Caspian should be determined by consensus of all the littoral states. Iran and Turkmenistan reiterated their resolve to continue joint struggle against drug trafficking. Gholamreza Ansari, Iranian ambassador to Turkmenistan, was also present during the meeting. (new Central Asia)