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Turkmen Foreign Ministry comments on Elmar Mammadyarovâ€™s statements

10 July 2012 12:00 (UTC +04:00)

APA reports quoting Turkmenistanâ€™s state agency that the statement released by this countryâ€™s Foreign Ministry says that Azerbaijan was repeatedly sent official diplomatic notes concerning this countryâ€™s illegal unilateral activity in the Caspian Sea (the question is illegal production implemented in â€œOmarâ€ and â€œOsmanâ€ fields and unauthorized demands to â€œSardarâ€ field).

â€œTurkmen side announced its readiness to continue negotiations process on the above-mentioned issue and noted that in case of impossibility to achieve the bilateral agreement, Turkmenistan reserves the right to go to the international courts and arbitration tribunals. Besides, on August 4, 2009, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry published Turkmenistanâ€™s official position on delimitation of the Caspian Seaâ€™s depth and subsoil riches, which noted the expediency of applying to the international court. In view of the foregoing, the Turkmen side expresses its astonishment at the opinions of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministerâ€.

Yesterday Elmar Mammadyarov told journalists that Turkmenistan hasnâ€™t addressed yet the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry that it is going to apply to the International court concerning the Kapaz field. He said that the negotiations continued on legal status of the Caspian Sea: â€œThe negotiations continue, the issues with three countries were coordinated. I think that we will be able to coordinate these issues with Turkmenistan and Iran on the basis of the same mechanismsâ€.