BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 19. On 18–19
December 2025, the 2nd meeting of the Special Group established by
a decision of the ministers of environment of the Caspian littoral
states was held in Geneva, with the aim of preparing draft
documents on the establishment of the Secretariat of the Framework
Convention “On the Protection of the Marine Environment of the
Caspian Sea”, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said, Trend reports.
The meeting, organized by the European Regional Office of the
United Nations Environment Programme, which serves as the interim
Secretariat of the Convention, was attended by delegations from the
Republic of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan,
the Russian Federation, and Turkmenistan.
The delegation of the Republic of Azerbaijan was headed by
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Samir Sharifov.
At the meeting, chaired by the Azerbaijani side, discussions
continued on the conceptual foundations for the establishment of
the Secretariat of the Convention. The parties exchanged views on
institutional mechanisms for locating the Secretariat in the
Caspian Sea region.
Within the framework of the meeting, the interim Secretariat of
the Convention informed the parties about the progress of
discussions on the draft Action Plan related to changes in the
level of the Caspian Sea.