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Kazakh deputy foreign minister: â€œThe littoral states have common approach to the problem that creates hopes for the solution of the Caspian legal status in the near futureâ€

17 June 2011 09:18 (UTC +04:00)

Saribay said the will of the sides to reach common agreement and recent intergovernmental contacts encouraged them to think that the problem would be solved. â€œI would say optimistically that approach by the Caspian littoral states, their constructiveness, their will to reach common agreement and development of integration processes in the region create useful background for thatâ€.

Deputy Minister noted that â€œthe convention on the Caspian legal status needs in a legal basis, which will regulate the cooperation between the Caspian littoral statesâ€.

The next meeting of the leaders of the Caspian littoral states will take place in Moscow by the end of this year. The Russian officials said in the working groupâ€™s recent meeting in Baku that they were looking forward to the signing of important agreements in the Moscow summit.