The “northern formula” is also applicable to finding solution to the “southern equation”

Caspian Energy (CE): Can we consider the Convention about the legal status of the Caspian Sea agreed? The negotiations over it took 20 years. Will it be adopted at the 5th Caspian summit and when will this event take place?

Igor Bratchikov, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation:  The work over the Convention was practically complete at the session of the Foreign Affairs Ministers of the Caspian states, which took place in Moscow on December 5, 2017. Now all parties have to carry out the authorized domestic procedures to prepare this document for signing on the high level. This historical event is expected to happen at the 5th Caspian summit in Kazakhstan in the first half of 2018. Our counterparts in Kazakhstan intend to agree the concrete date through the diplomatic channels, considering the working schedules of 5 Presidents.