Iran in talks with Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan on Caspian status

According to Kazakh media reports, Iranian Ambassador to Kazakhstan Murtaza Saffari has told a recent news conference in Almaty that his country was in bilateral talks with Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan on delimitation of the Caspian Sea.

Noting that Kazakhstan, Russia and Azerbaijan have achieved certain progress regarding the Caspian issue, Saffari said that Iran had launched the negotiations with a view to achieve consensus and mutual understanding with Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.

Underlining that the final decision on the Caspian legal status will be adopted after considering the opinions of the five Caspian states, the Iranian ambassador said: “Due to the discrepancies between Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Iran in the southern part of the Caspian Sea, no agreement has been reached yet. I am sure that the question will be settled soon,” Saffari stressed.*