TEHRAN – The Iranian city of Anzali will play host to the meetings of Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea (Tehran Convention) from April 16 to 20.

Representatives and experts from member countries of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan will attend the event which has been organized by Iran’s Department of Environment.Participants to the meetings are to discuss the implementation of the protocol concerning regional preparedness, response and cooperation in combating oil pollution incidents (Aktau Protocol), the working group on monitoring and assessment and for the protocol on monitoring, assessment, access to and exchange of information and the draft protocol on monitoring, assessment and informAktau

ation exchange.

Aktau Protocol is the first one to the Tehran Convention ratified by all Parties – Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan - and entered into force on July 25, 2016.

Tehran Convention is the first regional legally binding instrument signed by all five Caspian littoral states. It serves as an overarching governance framework which lays down the general requirements and the institutional mechanism for environmental protection and sustainable development in the Caspian Sea region.

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