Financial Tribune - It is reported that 200 dams and other huge structures (floodgates, levees) are being built on rivers that feed the lake and upon completion would take a toll on the worlds largest lake Mega structures being developed by the Caspian Sea littoral states (Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan) on the tributaries ...

Press TV - Iran and other Caspian Sea littoral states have inked a joint military agreement covering cooperation in such areas as security, training, technical work andsearch and rescue operations. Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi signed the agreement in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg along with his Russian, Azerbaijani,...

Tasnim The is no need for the presence of foreign forces to ensure security in the Persian Gulf, Irans Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said, denouncing the US-led maritime coalition as a dirty plot. The Iranian Navy commander held separate meetings with his Russian, Azeri and Kazakh counterparts on the sidelines of the 4th meeting of ...

MNA Commander of the Iranian Army's Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi arrived on Tuesday in Moscow to take part in the 4th meeting of the Caspian Sea littoral states' navy commanders. Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi left Tehran for Moscow to participate at the 4th meeting of the Caspian Sea littoral states' navy commanders which is set to be held ...

IRNA - The Caspian Sea Legal Regime Convention was signed by the Caspian littoral leaders after nearly 22 years, and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday announced Moscow's agreement to implement it now by four countries - Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan as it is waiting for Iranian Parliament's approval. Perhaps one ...

IRNA - President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday submitted a bill on transport cooperation agreement between the Caspian Sea littoral states to Majlis for legal procedures. Rouhani on Sunday sent a draft law on transportation cooperation between the governments of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Kazakhstan,...

MNA Deputy Minister of Industry and Chief Executive of Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO) Mohammad-Baqer Aali said on Monday that Islamic Republic of Iran is poised to strengthen exchanges with the Caspian Sea littoral states in various trade and production fields. The 1st meeting of economy ministers of the Caspian ...

MNA - Chairman of Iran-Russia Joint Chamber of Commerce Hadi Tizhoush Taban said that ditching US dollar is the main objective of the Islamic Republic of Iran in doing trade with the Caspian Sea littoral states. He made the remarks on Monday in 18th Caspian Sea Littoral States' Chambers of Commerce Summit, held in Babolsar, Mazandaran province, ...

MNA The first economic forum of the Caspian Sea littoral states will be held on August 11-12, with representatives of the governments, private sectors, academic communities and a number of international organizations in Turkmenistans Awaza. The assembly coincides with the World Caspian Sea Day and the anniversary of the signing of the Convention ...

MNA Filmmakers from six Caspian Sea littoral countries are set to take part in the 9th edition of Varesh International Film Festival, which will run from April 29 to May 3 in the northern Iranian city of Babol. Filmmakers from Russia, Afghanistan, Republic of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Iran will vie for titles in this round of the event....

Foreign Brief - Foreign ministers of the Caspian Seas five littoral statesRussia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistanwill meet in the Kazakh capital today to discuss the management of oil and gas resources. Todays meeting follows a landmark agreement reached in December among the five countries to cooperate on managing and exploiting the ...

IRNA - The first meeting of Supreme Working Group of the Caspian Sea littoral states convenes with the focus on determining the baseline and identifying the maritime boundaries of each of the five countries of the Caspian Sea. Having said that on Tuesday, head of Iranian delegation and the Director General of the Office for the Coordination of Bilateral ...

IRNA - There is great capacity to develop relations between Iran and Russia, Russian president's special representative for Caspian littoral states affairs said on Saturday. In an interview with the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Ramazan Abdullatif referred to the bilateral desire of the two nations to expand cooperation, saying, the determination ...

MNA Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif says the five Caspian Sea littoral states have agreed to continue friendly dialog on unresolved issues after they signed the Convention on the legal status of the resource-rich Caspian Sea. The heads of states of Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan signed the Convention on the legal status of ...

Reuters - The delimitation of oil- and gas-rich Caspian seabed will require additional agreements between littoral nations, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday, as the five Caspian neighbours prepared to sign a convention on its legal status. Iran, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan have for more than two decades contested the ownership of ...

Press TV - Iran says the five Caspian Sea littoral states will adopt a convention on its legal status on Sunday, a deal which has been under discussion for more than two decades. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi told IRIB in an interview on Saturday that the convention would be signed by the presidents of Iran, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan,...

MNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the involved parties at the Convention On Caspian Sea's Legal Status agreed upon the monopoly of the presence and sailing of any fleet solely by the flag of one of the littoral states, as well as the prohibition on the presence of foreign military troops in the Sea. "In the light ...

MNA 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 Sea was held at ...

IRNA | Ahmad Moeini Jam: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif heading a delegation arrived in Moscow, Russia, on Monday to participate in the meeting of the Caspian Sea littoral states.    

Tasnim - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the five Caspian Sea littoral states have agreed that foreign military forces are banned from entering the sea under a convention. Based on what has been agreed upon in the talks on the Caspian Sea Convention, no foreign military forces could enter the sea, Zarif told reporters upon his ...