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Caspian Sea countries sign landmark deal, diffuse tension

China Daily | Updated: 2018-08-13 09:20
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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev (L),President of Iran Hassan Rouhani (2nd-L), President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev (C), President of Russia Vladimir Putin (2-R) and President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (R) attend the ceremony of release of young sturgeon during a walk along the embankment of the Caspian Sea at the 5th Caspian summit at the Friendship Palace in Aktau, the Caspian Sea port in Kazakhstan, August 12, 2018.[Photo/IC]

AKTAU, Kazakhstan - The leaders of the five states bordering the resource-rich Caspian Sea signed a landmark deal on Sunday on the legal status of the inland sea which boasts a wealth of oil and gas reserves and sturgeon.

The leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan signed the agreement on the legal status of the sea, with the host, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, saying before the signing that the leaders were "participants in a historic event".

Russian leader Vladimir Putin, whose country was seen as driving the deal, said the convention had "epoch-making significance" and called for more military cooperation between the countries on the Caspian.

Nazarbayev said the convention allows for the construction of underwater oil and gas pipelines as well as setting national quotas for fishing and forbids any foreign military presence.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was quick to hail the clause that prevents non-Caspian countries from deploying military forces.

"The Caspian Sea only belongs to the Caspian states," he said.

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