An agreement has been reached to hold the first meeting of a special expert group in Baku on December 18-19 this year to prepare draft documents on organizing the activities of the secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea, which will create an opportunity for constructive dialogue and rapprochement of positions, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said at a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Caspian states in Moscow, XQ informs.

The minister reminded that the issue of shallowing the Caspian Sea became the subject of comprehensive discussions by the heads of the Caspian states at the sixth Caspian summit.

Bayramov emphasized that the president of Azerbaijan proposed creating an expert group to identify the causes and determine measures to stop the shallowing of the Caspian Sea.

“The work is underway to organize a corresponding meeting of experts in the city of Baku. In particular, the concept of the corresponding agenda, work program and format of participants are being worked out. I am confident that the successful work of the expert group will allow us to begin the process of placing the secretariat in the city of Baku,” he said.