Legal status of Caspian Sea to be discussed during informal summit of leaders of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan
The legal status of the Caspian Sea will be discussed during the informal summit of the leaders of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Russia and Turkmenistan on September 11-13 in Aktau. The Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Azerbaihan, Serik Primbetov, informed at the press conference, the agency reports.
Baku. August 28. Kazakhstan Today - The legal status of the Caspian Sea will be discussed during the informal summit of the leaders of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Russia and Turkmenistan on September 11-13 in Aktau. The Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Azerbaihan, Serik Primbetov, informed at the press conference, the agency reports.
"The summit agenda will be defined by the Presidents, but it is assumed that the leaders of the Caspian states will discuss the questions of the legal status of the Caspian Sea, energy cooperation and others," the diplomat said.
As for energy cooperation of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, S. Primbetov said that now JSC KazMunaiGas and State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic have been successfully continuing realization of the project of creation of the Kazakhstan Caspian pipeline system for transportation of Kazakhstan oil through the oil pipeline Baku - Tbilisi - Ceyhan and other oil and transport infrastructure.
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