The two-day meeting of a Special Working Group for development of a convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea started in Russia`s capital, Moscow at the level of deputies foreign minister.
Azerbaijan is represented by Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov.
In the opening remarks, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, State Secretary Grigory Karasin noted that the Working Group`s last meeting in 2009 was followed by three rounds of negotiations and agreement on security cooperation on the Caspian Sea signed.
Karasin also stressed that delegation of five Caspian states should prepare follow-up documents to the Baku summit`s decisions held in 2010. He underscored that the delegations of all five Caspian states would come together in Astrakhan for a meeting of the commission on bioresources of the Caspian Sea.
The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister noted that a draft agreement on conservation of sturgeons in the Caspian Sea prepared by Russian side will be presented in this meeting.

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