The first meeting of a special working group created within the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea is taking place in Baku, Report informs referring to the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan (MENR).

According to the head of the environmental policy department of the ministry, Faig Mutallimov, the meeting organized at the MENR is attended by representatives of the ministries of foreign affairs and environment of the Caspian countries, as well as employees of the European regional office of the UN Environment Program, which serves as the secretariat of the Convention.

“Azerbaijan chairs the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, negotiations are underway to agree on institutional mechanisms for the location of the Secretariat of the Convention in the region, experts are preparing the necessary documents,” Mutallimov said.

The decision to create a special working group on the Caspian Sea was made at a meeting of the environment ministers of the Caspian countries in Geneva (Switzerland) in September this year.