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Название: Геополитические проблемы Каспия на англ. языке Главные Пункты: * В вопросе определения статуса Каспия Баку выступает за сохранение границ, существовавших между СССР и Ираном. Азербайджан не может согласиться с равнодолевом разделом водоема, как предлагает Иран, т.к. в этом случае, по словам вице-президента ГНКАР, полагающаяся Азербайджану доля Каспия будет примыкать к сухопутной территории России. * Главы России, Ирана, Казахстана, Азербайджана и Туркмении договорились о проведении саммита по урегулированию правого статуса Каспия в столице Туркмении 23-24 апреля. * Министр иностранных дел России И.Иванов заявил, что на саммите глав прикаспийских государств в Ашхабаде будет обсуждаться широкий круг вопросов, а не только статус Каспия. * и др. сообщения. (08.04.2002) Полный Текст Геополитические проблемы Каспия на англ. языке Геополитические проблемы Каспия на англ. языке *** /18:53 22.03.2002/ Talks with Iran on the legal status of Caspian Sea did not bring results yet Moscow, March 22, 2002. (CNA). Talks between Azerbaijan and Iran on the legal status of the Caspian Sea did not bring results yet, the first vice president of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), Ilham Aliyev, stated today. According to the position of Teheran, all littoral states must receive equal shares, thus, according to Aliyev, if Iran receives its 20% of Caspian territory, the territory of Azerbaijan will link to the onland territory of Russia. Aliyev also informed that SOCAR is going to increase exports of oil products by 1 million tons this year. He specified that this rise would be achieved by an increase in exports of black oil by 1.5m tons. Aliyev reported these plans became possible after Azerbaijan started purchasing natural gas in Russia. The Vice President reported that the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan would export 2.5m tons of oil in 2002 out of the total 9m tons produced by all Azerbaijani oil companies a year. CNA/www.caspian.ru *** /12:31 22.03.2002/ Caspian littoral states will meet in Ashkhabad April 23-24 Moscow, March 22, 2002. (CNA). Caspian littoral states - Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan - agreed to meet in Turkmen capital Ashkhabad April 23-24 in order to discuss the legal status of the inland waters, the Itar-Tass news agency reports referring to an official in the Russian Foreign Ministry. "The summit will try to bring closer positions of participants in the negotiating process and to give it an additional impetus," the Russian Ambassador at Large and the head of the working group on the Caspian, Andrey Urnov said. The participants must discuss a broad range of issues, including a "deceleration on settling a legal status of the Caspian, now under preparation for signing," Urnov said. The summit is held on the proposal of the Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov, he said. Iran's special envoy for Caspian Sea affairs, Mehdi Safari, was on a groundbreaking visit to Turkmenistan recently before a scheduled participation of President Mohammad Khatami in the forthcoming summit. CNA/www.caspian.ru *** /17:49 29.03.2002/ Presidents of Caspian lettoral states will fix understanding on a broad number of issues Moscow, March 29, 2002. (CNA). The forthcoming summit of the heads of Caspian states in Ashgabad will fix "common understanding of the heads of these states on a broad number of issues, not limiting themselves to the Caspian status alone." Such an opinion was expressed today by the Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov upon the completion of the talks with his Kazakh counterpart Kosymzhomart Tokayev. Russia and Kazakhstan are ready to sign a protocol on drawing a modified median line across the Caspian Sea bed, the Russian Minister stated, adding that the governments of the two countries are currently negotiating the new status of the Caspian Sea. CNA/www.caspian.ru *** /19:30 05.04.2002/ Russian foreign minister confirms that Caspian summit will take place in late April Moscow, April 5, 2002. (CNA). The five Caspian Sea countries, which include Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Iran, will meet for a summit in Ashghabad in late April, Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov confirmed in Moscow on Friday. After talks with his Iranian counterpart Kamal Kharazi, Ivanov said that the sides "agreed to closely coordinate their efforts in laying the groundwork for the "Caspian five" presidential summit." Kharazi said that both Moscow and Tehran consider the Caspian Sea as "a sea of friendship and peace. All coastal states should benefit from the resources of this unique water reserve," the Iranian minister said. Kharazi also expressed hope that the Caspian summit in Ashghabad will "be the first step towards improving the legal status of the Caspian Sea," Interfax reports. CNA/www.caspian.ru |