President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov left on a working visit for Astrakhan, the Russian Federation to take part in the IV Caspian Summit.
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin cordially greeted the Turkmen leader on the territory of the Astrakhan Kremlin. The ceremony of official photographing of the leaders of the two states took place in front of the Summit banner.
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani attended the summit.
After the ceremony of official photographing, the Heads of the five Caspian states headed to the conference hall to participate in the high-level meeting.
Greeting his foreign colleagues, The President of Russia underlined that the main goal of the IV Caspian Summit was to enhance cooperation between the Caspian states that applied every effort to strengthen the status of the Caspian region as an oasis of peace and good-neighborliness.
The Summit agenda included the complex of important issues related to the legal status of the Caspian Sea, development of the efficient regional cooperation in such important areas as protection and efficient management of water and biological resources of the Caspian Sea and prevention and elimination of emergency situations in the Caspian Sea, and other aspects of cooperation.
Then the floor was given to the Summit participants - Heads of the Caspian states.
Addressing the participants of the Caspian Summit, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov expressed gratitude to President of Russia Vladimir Putin for the high organizational level of the Astrakhan Summit and the favourable atmosphere for cooperation.
The President of Turkmenistan noted that the work on the draft Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea developed in a positive key. In this regard, the Turkmen leader underlined the importance of establishing the format of meetings and consultations at the level of Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Caspian states.
Our country proposed to draft the Agreement on the protection and efficient management of water and biological resources of the Caspian Sea and to establish a coordination body – Commission on the water and biological resources of the Caspian Sea.
Turkmenistan also initiated and drafted another important document – the Agreement on cooperation on the prevention and elimination of emergency situations in the Caspian Sea.
At present, Turkmenistan chairs the Coordination Committee for hydrometeorology and pollution monitoring of the Caspian Sea (CASCOM). Noting that the major result of the CASCOM work became the concordance at the expert level of the final text of draft Agreement on cooperation in the field of hydrometeorology of the Caspian Sea, the President of Turkmenistan underlined the significance of signing this document.
The Turkmen leader also proposed to consider an opportunity of drafting the Agreement on the trade and economic cooperation between the Caspian States as well as to establish and regularly hold the Caspian Economic Forum on the territory of the Caspian states.
Moreover, the President of Turkmenistan emphasized the necessity to apply maximum efforts to lay new transport corridors between the Caspian Sea, the Black Sea, and the Baltic Sea, and to establish a transport network that would connect the Caspian region with the Middle East and the Mediterranean, South and South-East Asia.
President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov also focused on the necessity to draft the Agreement on cooperation in the transport sphere of the Caspian Sea and to establish the Caspian regional transport and logistics centre.
The ceremony of signing the documents took place at the press-conference hall.
The Agreement on the cooperation on hydrometeorology of the Caspian Sea, the Agreement on the protection and efficient management of water and biological resources of the Caspian Sea and the Agreement on the prevention and elimination of emergency situations in the Caspian Sea were signed.
The Heads of the five Caspian states signed the joint statement of the Presidents of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Turkmenistan.
The leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan also signed the IV Caspian Summit Communiqué.
Upon completion of the documents signing ceremony, the leaders of the Caspian states gave a press conference.
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin cordially greeted the Turkmen leader on the territory of the Astrakhan Kremlin. The ceremony of official photographing of the leaders of the two states took place in front of the Summit banner.
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani attended the summit.
After the ceremony of official photographing, the Heads of the five Caspian states headed to the conference hall to participate in the high-level meeting.
Greeting his foreign colleagues, The President of Russia underlined that the main goal of the IV Caspian Summit was to enhance cooperation between the Caspian states that applied every effort to strengthen the status of the Caspian region as an oasis of peace and good-neighborliness.
The Summit agenda included the complex of important issues related to the legal status of the Caspian Sea, development of the efficient regional cooperation in such important areas as protection and efficient management of water and biological resources of the Caspian Sea and prevention and elimination of emergency situations in the Caspian Sea, and other aspects of cooperation.
Then the floor was given to the Summit participants - Heads of the Caspian states.
Addressing the participants of the Caspian Summit, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov expressed gratitude to President of Russia Vladimir Putin for the high organizational level of the Astrakhan Summit and the favourable atmosphere for cooperation.
The President of Turkmenistan noted that the work on the draft Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea developed in a positive key. In this regard, the Turkmen leader underlined the importance of establishing the format of meetings and consultations at the level of Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Caspian states.
Our country proposed to draft the Agreement on the protection and efficient management of water and biological resources of the Caspian Sea and to establish a coordination body – Commission on the water and biological resources of the Caspian Sea.
Turkmenistan also initiated and drafted another important document – the Agreement on cooperation on the prevention and elimination of emergency situations in the Caspian Sea.
At present, Turkmenistan chairs the Coordination Committee for hydrometeorology and pollution monitoring of the Caspian Sea (CASCOM). Noting that the major result of the CASCOM work became the concordance at the expert level of the final text of draft Agreement on cooperation in the field of hydrometeorology of the Caspian Sea, the President of Turkmenistan underlined the significance of signing this document.
The Turkmen leader also proposed to consider an opportunity of drafting the Agreement on the trade and economic cooperation between the Caspian States as well as to establish and regularly hold the Caspian Economic Forum on the territory of the Caspian states.
Moreover, the President of Turkmenistan emphasized the necessity to apply maximum efforts to lay new transport corridors between the Caspian Sea, the Black Sea, and the Baltic Sea, and to establish a transport network that would connect the Caspian region with the Middle East and the Mediterranean, South and South-East Asia.
President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov also focused on the necessity to draft the Agreement on cooperation in the transport sphere of the Caspian Sea and to establish the Caspian regional transport and logistics centre.
The ceremony of signing the documents took place at the press-conference hall.
The Agreement on the cooperation on hydrometeorology of the Caspian Sea, the Agreement on the protection and efficient management of water and biological resources of the Caspian Sea and the Agreement on the prevention and elimination of emergency situations in the Caspian Sea were signed.
The Heads of the five Caspian states signed the joint statement of the Presidents of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Turkmenistan.
The leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan also signed the IV Caspian Summit Communiqué.
Upon completion of the documents signing ceremony, the leaders of the Caspian states gave a press conference.