Iran-Azerbaijan: Ditry war in the Caspian sea
Iran is going to fine Azerbaijan for pollution of Caspian Sea, Iranian Payvand news agency cited Abdel Reza Karbasi, deputy chief of Sea Department of the Environment Protection Organization of Iran.
He added that Azerbaijan does not take any measures to clean the Caspian Sea and at the same time it uses outdated equipment for oil extraction. Karbasi added that as soon as Iran gets ready estimate cost of sea cleaning, Iranian Foreign Ministry will send the data to the Azerbaijani authorities to impose fine.
Payvand also writes that the Iranian Environment Protection Organization has recently published a report with the results of research of the nearby regions of the northern province of Gilan. The document contains satellite pictures of the area, where one can see a big number of oil spots on the 110-km-long section, which were carried to the Iranian coast come from the Azerbaijani territory.
For several years the experts have repeatedly paid attention to environment of the world biggest close reservoir. Early this year Reza Pourgholam, chief of the Caspian Ecology Research Institute, said that industrial and oil pollution of the Caspian Sea has reached a critical level.
He said development of oil fields and the tankers traffic leads to release of over 122,000 tons of harmful substances a year. Pourgholam also said that Iran is almost not responsible for the sea pollution, because it throws down only fertilizers and pesticides into the sea.
Iranian expert said that Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan pollute the Caspian Sea most of all, because majority of offshore oil production falls on these countries, reported letnta.ru.
In turn, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry of Azerbaijan has accused Iran of pollution of the Caspian Sea. According to the Ministry, every year Iran throws down 291,25 tons of pesticides into the Caspian Sea, while Azerbaijan only 1.75 tons. Iran throws down into the sea 39,100 tons of nitrates, while Azerbaijan - 25,900 tons. Azerbaijan throws down into the sea 1,400 tons of phosphorus containing substances, while Iran - 20,930 tons. --0--
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- Economics
- 27 August 2012 14:36
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