Session of group working on Caspian legal status convention to take place in Astana
The 35th session of a special group working on the Caspian Legal Status Convention will take place in the capital of Kazakhstan on January 30, 2013, reported Iranian ISNA agency.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and special representative for Caspian diplomacy Ibragim Rahimpoure will leave for Astana tomorrow to attend the session.
The representatives of all Caspian basin states will take part at the session.
The 34th session of a special working group at the level of Deputy Foreign Ministers of Caspian basin states took place on November 21-22, 2013 in Moscow.—0—
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