Kazakhstan voices readiness to convene negotiations on confidence-building measures in Caspian Sea

Kazakhstan is ready to convene the next round of negotiations on a draft agreement on confidence-building measures in the field of military activities in the Caspian Sea at the beginning of 2024 in Astana, Kazakh Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu said at a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Caspian states in Moscow, Report informs.

“Kazakhstan proceeds from the need to create mechanisms for arms control at sea, which would ensure their balance and the quantitative and qualitative limits agreed upon by the parties. In order to eliminate an arms race in the future, we propose to identify and set out specific, clear confidence-building measures in the draft agreement. In this regard, Kazakhstan is ready to convene a third round of negotiations on the draft agreement early next year in Astana,” Nurtleu said.