Baku hosts first meeting of expert group on Caspian Sea 

  18 December 2023    Read: 584
  Baku hosts first meeting of expert group on Caspian Sea 

The first meeting of the Ad hoc Expert Group set up within the Framework Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea has today kicked off in Baku, said Head of the Environmental Policy department of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources Faig Mutallimov.

Mutallimov noted that hosted by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, the meeting is attended by representatives of the ministries of foreign affairs and environment of the Caspian Littoral States, as well as employees of the European Regional Office of the UN Environment Program, which provides the functions of the Convention secretariat.

“Azerbaijan is currently chairing the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, the parties are holding discussions to agree on the institutional mechanisms regarding the location of the Convention Secretariat in the region, and relevant documents are being prepared by experts,” he added.

 

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