not about holding the caspian film festival of exhibition projects, such events will help to unite our peoples and help to better understand each other. and of course to see the culture from neighboring states. there are good prospects in the field of tourism of the caspian coast. it can receive at least one million travelers annually. well, there is a huge potential, especially considering the unique nature of the opportunity for active and recreational recreation. we need practical agreements between our states, which increase tourism exchanges. iran submitted for consideration by the parties a projection of an agreement on cooperation with the caspian states in the world of tourism, and at the suggestion of azerbaijan, a draft agreement on cooperation in the field and cruise routes on the caspian sea was developed. i propose to speed up the coordination of these documents and

agree on regular meetings of the leaders of the tourism industry. together we can create competitive travel products discover new destinations. including by sea visiting port cities. another important area is the protection of the environment. when it comes to the caspian region, such issues are of particular importance. the members of the caspian five are directly responsible for the ecological well-being of the regions and must ensure a balanced use of wealth. caspian, we need coordinated steps to maintain the biological diversity of the reservoir. moreover, one should act proactively in order to preserve the unique natural heritage for future generations. dear colleagues, dear friends, russian president vladimirovich putin

came up with the idea of ​​creating a large eurasian partnership. this implies mutually beneficial trade and economic cooperation between the largest regional associations of the yu-caspian five. today's meeting has a special role here, confirming the high level and strategic nature of cooperation at casper, the main thing is that we are building work on mutual trust, respect and commonality of approaches, these principles are reflected in the prepared joint statement. i am convinced that the caspian economic forum is full of agenda and meaningful discussions will make a significant contribution to solving the problems facing our region. well, i want to wish you all the best in this. thank you for your attention. the floor is given to the prime minister of the

republic of azerbaijan ali asadov and ogly dear mikhail vladimirovich dear heads of government, dear participants of the forum. let me first of all thank our russian partners in the person of the distinguished mikhail vladimirovich for the warm welcome and the high level of organization of the second and caspian economic forum i am convinced that today's plenary session will allow discussing important and topical trade and economic issues of five-sided cooperation. i also want to note the importance of the round tables held within the framework, they will undoubtedly give impetus to building up

cooperation in the relevant areas. one of the main events of the current year was the holding of the sixth edition in ashgabat on june 29. the physical summit, following which the heads of our states reaffirmed the importance of further strengthening economic and technological ties between the caspian states. in this context, a special role was assigned to the caspian economic forum. as a platform, the broad involvement of governments, international business institutions and the scientific community. in recent years, after the first caspian economic forum was held in turkmenistan in august 2019, the world has faced

new challenges and threats caused by pandyvia and covi-19 and the turbulence of world economic processes. despite this interaction under the caspian states, both bilateral and multilateral formats continued to be strengthened for the sustainable development of the region and the economic well-being of our peoples, it is important to note that the interaction between the order states is based on mutual consideration of the interest of respecting the sovereignty of the territorial integrity of independence and not interfering in each other's internal affairs. today, under the caspian states, a solid agreement is being created on the legal basis for sectoral cooperation, which covers many areas,

including the security of trade and economic of these trade economic cooperation transport economic issues, serious work is underway to implement the decisions and agreements and agreements reached at the highest level. in this regard, the nissan menna convention on the legal status of the caspian sea, signed on august 12, 18th, in the city of aktau, is the basic document for the comprehensive cooperation of our states, we are convinced that the early entry of the convention. force will make a major contribution to the further interaction of our states in all areas. dear colleagues cooperation with the caspian states occupies a special place in the foreign political

strategy of azerbaijan, we reiterate our confidence that mutually beneficial economic cooperation will improve the investment climate, create reliable and safe communications, attract highly oriented environmentally friendly technologies for the development of transport infrastructure and improve quality. uh, uh, the quality of transport services is in the interests of all coastal states and are common goals for development and well-being our region. in the first eight months of 2022, economic growth is observed in azerbaijan positive dynamics in the field of foreign trade continues it is encouraging that, as the pandemic weakens

, azerbaijan’s trade turnover with the caspian littoral states has also returned to the growth trajectory for 8 months of 2022, trade turnover in the littoral states compared to increased by more than 45% compared to last year trade economic cooperation is one of the most important directions of interaction between the coastal states in the caspian sea and azerbaijan stands for further building up efforts on this track. a serious transport artery passes through the caspian sea, such as north-south and east-west, successful, the operation of which affects the interests of all countries in the regions, azerbaijan is actively involved in

the development and strengthening of these transport corridors, and also makes a significant contribution to the implementation of the most important infrastructure projects. through the east-west corridor and north, south, there is an annual increase in cargo transportation through the territory of azerbaijan, so for 8 months of this year, transit cargo transportation through our country along the east-west corridor increased by 20%, and along the north-south route by 33%. the key link in these corridors is the baku international moscow trade port, the cargo turnover of which is increasing annually. today, work is underway to increase the transshipment capacity of the baku port

from 15 to 25 million tons of cargo per year, including an increase from 100,000 to 500,000. speaking of international transportation across the caspian cannot but answer the urgent problem that is connected with the measurement of the caspian sea, this task that needs to be solved in order to organize a full-fledged transportation of goods. in particular. shallowing limits the possibilities of a group of large-capacity vessels, and also creates unsafe conditions for mooring in ports, the caspian state authorities are faced with the need to take urgent measures to carry out permanent work to deepen

the seabed. an important step for the development international transport corridor north, south was held in baku on 9 september. the first trilateral meeting between azerbaijan, russia and iran following the meeting was signed by the baku declaration, and the parties expressed their readiness to cooperate in assessing the importance of bringing the level of transit along the north-south corridor to 15 million tons per year by 2030. the second meeting is planned to be held in moscow, despite the fact that azerbaijan has. a serious civilian cargo fleet in the caspian basin, which has more than 52 ships today,

active work continues to upgrade and build up the fleet , the baku shipbuilding plant has great potential, which successfully assembles and repairs ships, tankers and cargo ships. uh and tankers and bulk carriers of all kinds. if desired, all the caspian states can use its opportunities. our country also makes a significant contribution to the effective use of the trans-cosmos international transport route, this route is designed to ensure the maximum utilization of the transport potential of the caspian states and will contribute to the implementation of new projects for the development of transport infrastructure while the

caspian countries are the leading partners of azerbaijan in the field of rail transportation in recent years, the volume of transit cargo transported by rail through the territory of azerbaijan amounted to about 25 million in 2022 year the volume of transit rail freight increased by 60%. dear colleagues, established new realities after the liberation of the occupied territories of azerbaijan allows expanding the possibilities of transport routes in the region. and today we are actively working on the development of regional transport communication projects. in this sense, the opening of the zangizur corridor is of great importance. most recently, on september 21

, the foundation was laid for a bridge on the border between azerbaijan and iran, which will connect the highway networks of the two countries across the river. the aras project aims to increase the capacity of the north, south and east-west transport corridors. azerbaijan also attaches great importance to communication projects and within the framework of these projects , fiber optic cables are being laid from azerbaijan to kazakhstan and turkmenistan along the bottom of the

caspian sea. september 28 this year, the leading telecommunications operators of azerbaijan and kazakhstan signed the uprising memorandum, a strategic partnership on the relevant project. dear chief government, the caspian states also have great opportunities to increase cooperation in the energy sector. i hope everyone here is well. it is known that back in the middle of the last century, namely in 1949, for the first time in the world history of oil production, oil was produced in the open sea in the caspian sea, azerbaijani oilmen began to extract oil on the legendary oil stones, continuing this long

tradition. today we are successful in mining hydrocarbons in the azerbaijani sector of the caspian sea, such companies from russia as lukoil and iran are participating in this process together with us on a partnership basis. i would also like to note the agreement reached in 21 between azerbaijan and turkmenistan, and joint exploration and development of a hydrocarbon field to serve the caspian sea. it is also gratifying that kazakhstan and turkmenistan use the transport and pipeline infrastructure of azerbaijan for the transit of their energy resources. in a word, we successfully cooperate with all

caspian states in the energy transport sector , making a significant contribution to the development of the region. environmental issues remain a wet component of cooperation between the caspian states, including those related to the conservation of the irrational use of aquatic biological resources, president of the republic of azerbaijan ilham aliyev, during his speech at the summit of heads of state in ashgabat, paid special attention to issues of protection and the environment. head of our states. all women expressed concern about the current state of the environment, the uniform and the dynamics of sea level decline, sharing the concerns of the caspian states

about environmental problems, azerbaijan is making active efforts to minimize the negative impact on the environment. tu the caspian sea this month, on october 19-21, the sixth conference of the parties to the framework convention on the protection of the marine environment of the caspian sea is planned to be held in baku. dear participants of the forum, azerbaijan will continue to make efforts to build up multilateral cooperation for the benefit of the peoples of the caspian littoral states azerbaijan joins the communion of today's forum and it confirms its commitment to directed interaction in the directions indicated in

it . both in russian and in the plenary session thank you for your attention. the floor is given to the first vice-president of the islamic of the republic of iran, mohammad mahper , in the name of the merciful merciful god chairman of the government of the russian federation of friendly

caspian countries i want to express my satisfaction with the providence of the second caspian economic forum in the city of moscow and i want to express my sincere gratitude to his excellency the chairman of the government of the russian federation, mr. mikhailustin, and the government of russia from the organization and high level of this forum i am sure that this forum will bring grace and encouraging results and the people of the caspian countries, as well as for the governments, as well as the people of the nearby our e, neighboring state, which somehow have e connections of the trade economic network of important water areas. as you know, today's forum

is the fruit of an agreement. fifth and sixth summit under the caspian countries, taking into account the important economic and economic aspects in the development of trade economic cooperation between these countries, this can strengthen friendship, solidarity and five-way cooperation between trans-caspian e countries and a distant forum. as a very important platform, it creates a good opportunity for the public and private sectors of the riparian countries. and not even the order of nature so that we can all together use each other's economic opportunities to develop the progression of the progression of the comfort of the people of the region and our e our people of the caspian sea. as a

common and valuable heritage and the center of the mustache. between us creates a very favorable ground for expanding cooperation in various fields between the caspian countries. islam, the islamic republic of iran, as an important and influential country in the region, within the framework of the foreign policy of the thirteenth government, within the framework of the decrees of the esteemed president, advocates the splitting of cooperation and comprehensive interaction with neighboring countries, in particular with the caspian states, and taking into account the e-e strategic and geo-economic location is a place of connection and a place of connections located on the coast of the caspian sea to connect them to

the warmth of the persian gulf of the aman sea and for development of trade economic relations between the caspian states in this regard, they are very serious about russia and in the body of greater use. all our opportunities of the public and private sectors of the caspian countries and access to common economists will benefit from the facilitation of transport, as well as e-multimodal transit, as well as development between our regions in the caspian area, and we propose to create a common free economic zone on the corridor as well as the creation of a green customs. uh, the corridor also offer as part of the development, uh, of monetary and banking cooperation with the caspian states, develop a special

instruction and translate it into a practical plane, what the islamic republic of iran is doing with some other states, dear those present today, more sorry itc north-south, which includes railway cooperation between iran turkmenistan kazakhstan on the one hand, as well as between iran in russia and azerbaijan on the other hand, and this is a very serious matter and is designed to deepen cooperation between per-caspian efforts made to remove transit barriers and develop transit cooperation through the sea, the railway, using transport infrastructures and the capabilities of the islamic republic

to further strengthen the economic impact on the caspian sea also in the villages of unification and harmonization of transport tariffs for the railway, as well as maritime traffic . establishment of appropriate settlements prior to joint investment in infrastructure projects, which are both port shipping and railways, we propose railroads, we propose to establish a committee for cooperation in the field of transport , transit, trade and customs tariffs, the islamic republic of iran, taking into account its geographical location, has very good opportunities various markets of the region and the world. darin

last year, fortunately, good experience was gained in restoring oil and gas swaps through iran with some of the caspian countries of this kind of cooperation, it is possible to expand with other caspian countries. in the villages of development of interaction in this area. we propose to create a committee for cooperation in the field of oil and gas and oil products between the peri-caspian countries. it is also necessary to speed up the connection of electric power networks. iran to the power grids. when the caspian countries create a unified power grid to synchronize power frequency orders and conduct seasonal carriers. in this part the creation of a committee for the development of cooperation in the

field of electricity, water and related equipment between the caspian countries is another of our proposals. dear colleagues, the caspian sea is our common heritage and we are obliged to preserve this sea for future generations, it is necessary to strike a balance between economic development and environmental protection. casper sorry for the last years. we are witnessing a decrease in the water level in the caspis, an increase in the processes of environmental degradation, as well as a displacement of the population from world and other aquaculture, it should be emphasized that, along with the economic use of the organic and inorganic resources of the caspian sea, the caspian sea is strange, it is necessary to be committed with you to the

obligation to fisheries and environmental protection and comply with relevant legislation, since this general water area is a place for extracting economic benefits of all riparian countries should pay attention, offer to increase the level of our economic cooperation namely on food safety. we are ready to develop a roadmap and, before creating its life, we should pay attention to the principle of compliance with environmental standards, the irrational use of obligations under the caspian countries within the framework of the obligations under the caspian countries under the framework convention for the protection of the marine environment of the caspian sea, the tehran convention. additional protocols to it are a favorable legal basis for

the protection of the environment of this sea, we expect that the consent of the caspian countries secretary the tehran convention will be placed in this region as soon as possible dear colleagues in the islamic republic of iran despite all the pressures and multilateral sanctions, the huge sanctions that have been imposed against our country. we were able to achieve success in investing in oil into gas electricity, as well as the creation, so to speak, in the wrong chemical cities on the coast of our seas and the transfer of water from the sea, the creation of a high-speed highway, as well as the reduction of inflation. with the passage and inflation, as well as