Friday, 29 October 2004

TEHERAN DOESN\'T WANT OUTSIDE COUNTRIES IN CASPIAN AFFAIRS

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By empty (10/29/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Teheran does not want countries that are not part of the region to be involved in Caspian affairs, the Iran Embassy said in a press release on Friday. This subject was discussed yesterday during a meeting between Iran\'s Presidential Special Envoy on the Caspian Mekhdi Safari and Russian Foreign Ministry Special Envoy and Ambassador at Large Igor Savolsky. \"Russia and Iran\'s rejection of the presence of countries not part of the region in the Caspian Sea was stressed,\" said the release.
Teheran does not want countries that are not part of the region to be involved in Caspian affairs, the Iran Embassy said in a press release on Friday. This subject was discussed yesterday during a meeting between Iran\'s Presidential Special Envoy on the Caspian Mekhdi Safari and Russian Foreign Ministry Special Envoy and Ambassador at Large Igor Savolsky. \"Russia and Iran\'s rejection of the presence of countries not part of the region in the Caspian Sea was stressed,\" said the release. The nations bordering the Caspian include Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan. (Interfax)
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