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Название: Геополитические проблемы Каспия на англ. языке Главные Пункты: * На Седьмой встрече специальной рабочей группы по Каспию (29 - 30 июля 2002 г., Тегеран, Иран) обсуждались новые пути урегулирования споров о каспийских ресурсах. Иран продолжает настаивать на том, что все договоренности по Каспию должны базироваться на соглашениях между Ираном и СССР 1921 и 1940 гг. * Военные учения, которые проводились Россией на Каспии в августа этого года, состояли из двух частей: 2-7 августа - теоретическая часть; 7-15 августа - военные маневры с участием воздушных, морских и сухопутных сил. В учениях было задействовано 60 военных судов и 10 тыс. человек. Командующий ВМФ РФ В. Куроедов подчеркнул, что учения направлены не на демонстрацию силы России, как считают некоторые зарубежные аналитики, а на поддержание мира и стабильности в регионе, в т.ч. на борьбу с терроризмом, браконьерами и наркомафией. (12.08.2002) Полный Текст Геополитические проблемы Каспия на англ. языке Геополитические проблемы Каспия на англ. языке. *** /16:29 29.07.2002/ Caspian Sea special working group to meet in Tehran Tehran, July 29, 2002. (CNA). A meeting of the Caspian Special Working Group will open in Tehran next Monday to continue consultations relating to the world's largest inland sea, whose legal regime has yet to be determined by the littoral states, Tehran Times reports. The deputy foreign ministers of the Caspian states will be meeting to discuss a broad spectrum of issues such as the legal regime of the sea, ecology, environmental protection commitments, fishing, and navigation as well as efforts at reaching regional convergence on the sea. It has been reported that Russia and Azerbaijan will offer new proposals to settle disputes over the sea's resources. The five littoral states of the sea, namely Iran, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia, have yet to come up with a formula on the legal regime of the sea, which would determine how its resources are exploited. Iran is calling for a condominium of the Caspian Sea with each side receiving 20 percent if the other four littoral states agree on the division. Furthermore, Tehran has announced that it considers any unilateral deals for exploration in the Caspian Sea as null and void before the issue of the legal regime of the Caspian is settled. CNA/www.caspian.ru *** /13:55 30.07.2002/ Seventh Caspian Sea working group meeting started in Tehran July 29 Tehran, July 30, 2002. (CNA). "Any unilateral measure or agreement that fails to consider the consensus among Caspian littoral states will never help resolve the disputes, but will stimulate misunderstandings," the Foreign Minister of Iran Kamal Kharrazi stated at the opening ceremony of the seventh Caspian Sea working group meeting. "The Islamic Republic of Iran regards continuation of common sovereignty as the best alternative to finding a legal regime for the Caspian Sea." The Minister reiterated that "Iran considers commitment of the five littoral states based on 1921 and 1940 agreements between Iran and former Soviet Union as the most important factor to strengthen cooperation in the Caspian Sea." The seventh Caspian working group meeting opened July 29 in Tehran. At the two-day meeting the representatives of the five Caspian Sea littoral states will discuss the issues on fisheries, environment, commerce, transportation and energy. Earlier meetings of the working group were held in Moscow, Almaty, Tehran, Baku, Astana and Moscow. CNA/www.caspian.ru *** /17:06 02.08.2002/ Russia's biggest post-Soviet military exercises in Caspian Tehran, August 2, 2002. (CNA). Russia launched large-scale military exercises in the Caspian Sea which will involve more than 60 warships and 10,000 men, the biggest presence in the area since the collapse of the Soviet Union. IranMania reports that the two-week exercises, seen as an attempt by Russia to flex its muscles in the disputed oil-rich region, are divided into two stages: purely theoretical until August 7 and then war games until August 15 involving air, sea and land forces. Some 30 planes and helicopters will also take part in the exercises, which will involve all branches of the Russian military, including 4,000 sailors from the Caspian Fleet. Russian navy commander Admiral Vladimir Kuroyedov denied that Russia was demonstrating its military strength but he signalled that Moscow wanted to show it can protect its interests. "By planning exercises of the Caspian Fleet we are not trying to demonstrate our strength. But Russia has a strong military potential for tackling its tasks in the Caspian Sea should peaceful means fail," he told the Interfax news agency. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the war games in April a day after a summit of heads of state from the five Caspian states in Turkmenistan aimed at resolving the partition of the Caspian Sea's oil wealth ended in failure. The Caspian Sea is thought to hold the world's third biggest oil and gas reserves after Russia and the Persian Gulf but exploration is being held up by the dispute over boundaries. Iran, with backing from Turkmenistan, wants the sea to be split five ways, with each country apportioned 20 percent of the Caspian. However, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia favour splitting the sea according to the length of the nations' shorelines, which would leave the Islamic republic with the smallest share, about 13 percent. Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan will be participating in the exercises, with Baku sending two ships including a minesweeper and Astana four Su-27 fighter planes, according to Russian defence military sources cited by Interfax. Representatives from Iran and Turkmenistan have been invited as observers. The state news agency RIA Novosti reported that Iran had asked to take part in the exercises but Russia had refused, citing a 1924 treaty between Tehran and the USSR barring all ships other than Soviet from the Caspian. Russian foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko denied that the military exercises were aimed at any another country and insisted that Moscow's aim was to safeguard regional stability. "This is not a threat to foreign states," Yakovenko told RIA Novosti, adding that Russia's military presence in the Caspian was "an important factor in maintaining regional security and stability." The official pointed to the need to protect the strategic and economically important zone against the global terrorist threat. The highlight of the war games, which are taking place in the northern sector of the Caspian as well as on land in Astrakhan and Dagestan, will be a blockade of some remote isles to flush out suspected terrorists and arms and drugs smugglers. The exercises will also simulate an operation to free an oil platform seized by terrorists, foil an explosion on a railroad bridge over the Volga as well as clean up after an oil spill. CNA/www.caspian.ru *** /14:47 06.08.2002/ Exercise cruise in Caspian fleet continues Makhachkala, August 6, 2002. (CNA). Local rescuers conducted an exercise at the Makhachkala /the capital of the Dagestan republic/ trade port on Tuesday, Russian RIA Novosti reports. The event, codename Taifun, was targeted at improving the rescuers' skills of eliminating the aftermaths of various technogenic emergencies and terrorist attacks. The Makhachkala trade port is an extremely important Russian facility due to its geographical location - this is the only Russian port, which does not freeze in winter. The exercise was conducted within the framework of the Caspian Flotilla's exercise cruise, which involves about 10,000 troops, 60 vessels and 30 aircraft. The exercise is being held with the participation of the Kazakh and Azeri Air Forces. CNA/www.caspian.ru |