Kazakhstan supports Azerbaijan’s proposal to establish an Intergovernmental Commission at the Deputy Prime Minister level to address the shallowing of the Caspian Sea.
Sea-news.az citing Akorda, that Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev made the announcement during the Caspian Ecological Summit.
The Head of State also noted that the Caspian littoral nations supported Kazakhstan’s proposal to draft an Inter-State Program for the Conservation of Caspian Sea Water Resources. According to Tokayev, measures taken to date remain insufficient. Therefore, it is imperative to transition to coordinated joint action to mitigate the consequences of Caspian sea-level decline and adapt regional economies and ecosystems to these ongoing environmental changes.
