Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described the ongoing Caspian Sea Summit in Kazakhstan as a “day of solidarity” of the five Caspian Sea littoral states. “Day of solidarity of Caspian Littoral States: Codifying cooperation on environment, shipping, fisheries, sustainable development & security w/o foreign military presence. Agreeing to continue friendly dialog on unresolved issues […]

The foreign ministers of the Caspian Sea littoral states convened in Kazakh city of Aktau on Saturday to finalize the convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea. The ministerial meeting of the Caspian Sea Five Summit kicked off in Kazakh city of Aktau late on Saturday (local time) with foreign ministers of the […]

Russian Deputy FM Karasin says that the Caspian five summit in Kazakhstan is expected to end with a convention stipulating the legal status of the basin. The Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, which is expected to be adopted by the leaders of the “Caspian five” summit in Aktau, clearly captures the […]

The Iranian president will travel to Kazakhstan next Saturday to attend a summit of the Caspian Sea littoral states. Iranian president’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications and Information Parviz Esmaeili said Wednesday that President Hassan Rouhani will leave Tehran for Aktau, Kazakhstan on Saturday afternoon for a two-day visit to attend a summit of the […]

The International Congress of Development of Exports from the Caspian Sea has kicked off in Sari, Mazandaran province, aimed at discussing challenges and opportunities facing exports from Iran’s northern ports. The two-day congress focuses on six topics including the role of ports and quality of service, rules and regulations of ports and their roles in […]

TEHRAN- Norway’s ORG Company’s result of studies on four blocks in the Caspian Sea is promising for extraction of oil and gas reserves, according to Gholamreza Manouchehri, the deputy for development and engineering at the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC). ORG submitted the result of its studies related to Sardar Jangal and three other exploration […]

The Special Working Group of the Caspian Sea held its 50th meeting in Moscow attended by deputy foreign ministers of the five Caspian coastal countries. The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the 50th meeting of the Special Working Group on the development of the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian […]

TEHRAN – An Iranian destroyer that crashed into concrete wave breakers at a port in the Caspian Sea more than two weeks ago eventually sank into water on Sunday. The navy’s 100-meter long warship, called Damavand, crashed at the harbor town of Bandar Anzali during stormy seas on January 10, which claimed the lives of […]

Iran has made no decision yet on how to divide the ownership of the seabed and the energy resources under the seabed of Caspian Sea, says Iranian deputy FM for Asia-Pacific.  “Iran has made no decision yet on how to divide the ownership of the seabed and the energy resources under the seabed of Caspian […]

TEHRAN – Foreign ministers of the Caspian littoral states will hold a meeting in Moscow on December 4-5 to discuss the sea’s legal status and other issues, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “The meeting of foreign ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan will be held for the seventh time,” said […]