No:293/23, Press release on bilateral consultations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation on Caspian Sea issues
30 May 2023 20:19
On 30 May 2023, bilateral consultations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation on Caspian Sea issues were held in the city of Moscow.
At the consultations, the Azerbaijani side was represented by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Special Representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on border and Caspian Sea issues Khalaf Khalafov, and the Russian side was represented by Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation on the delimitation and demarcation of the state borders of the Russian Federation with neighboring states that are member states of the CIS, Mikhail Petrakov.
During the meeting, a wide range of issues related to five-sided cooperation in the Caspian Sea were discussed.
The importance of implementing the decisions adopted at the Sixth Summit of the Caspian Littoral States held on 29 June 2022 was noted.
It was emphasized that clarifying positions on issues related to the agenda of the High-Level Working Group on Caspian Sea issues will contribute to mutual understanding and the effectiveness of the next meeting of the group.
During the consultations, an exchange of views was conducted on the methodology for drawing straight baselines in the Caspian Sea, draft agreements on sectoral cooperation issues that are at the stage of agreement among the Caspian littoral states, as well as security issues in the Caspian region.