The representatives of the governments of the '
Caspian Five,' Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Novruz Mammadov, First Vice-President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Eshaq Jahangiri, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin and the Head of the Government of the Russian Federation Dmitriy Medvedev took part in the opening ceremony.
Noted that the
Caspian Economic Forum platform can become a vital form of cooperation aimed at providing economic growth in the region and beyond its borders;
In the framework of the Forum the development of economic cooperation in the
Caspian region will be considered.
The ministers of the competent structures of the parties responsible for the implementation of agreements among the governments of the
Caspian countries on trade and economic cooperation and cooperation in the field of transport met on the eve of the forum.
According to the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), although the National Iranian Oil Company is experienced enough to tap into offshore reserves in the Persian Gulf, it is still deprived of the cutting-edge technical know-how needed to drill at a depth of 1,000 meters, which is what is faced in the southwestern
Caspian.
In his opening address at the meeting, Deputy Director of Iran's Port and Maritime Organization Hadi Haqshenas said that the
Caspian Sea is a very important water passage in terms of geopolitics, place in the juncture between the North and the South with high volume of cargo and passenger vessel traffic.
Another case is transit of special cargoes for the international security assistance force in Afghanistan, this is assistance in de-escalation of terrorism from this region, preservation of peace on the
Caspian Sea," the Minister said.
After more than two decades of fraught diplomatic efforts, the five littoral
Caspian nations - Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan - agreed upon a legal framework for sharing the world's largest inland body of water.
It does not allow military bases from any other countries to be sited on the
Caspian.
Caspian does make components for a few other pistols but Cal Foster placed his major focus on the production of high quality 1911 components for shooters who wanted to build their own custom gun.
A survey of the
Caspian region, excluding Iran, is serialised as from this week's APS Review.
"Regulation of the
Caspian Sea status and establishment of the legal regime of international, political, economic and cultural cooperation remain a strategically key issue for Kazakhstan," Kazakh Foreign Affairs Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov told opening the 30th session of the special working group for developing the Convention on the legal status of the
Caspian Sea.
