Baku News

Oct 07, 2005 BAKU. Oct 7 (Interfax) - The working group on the legal status of the Caspian Sea has reached an agreement on a number of statements in its draft convention. A communique adopted at the October 6-7 session in Baku says that "the delegations continued to work toward a consensus on the legal status of the Caspian Sea and found mutually acceptable approaches to a number of its provisions." The participants in the session also "underscored the need to continue talks to reach a final agreement on the convention as soon as possible." The delegations agreed to hold the next session of the working group in Astana. tm md