Akim of the region Eraly Tugzhanov received deputies of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Saken Otebayev, Karibai Musyrman, Asylbek Smagulov, Taras Khituov arrived in Mangystau region on a working visit.
During the meeting, the Akim, Eraly Tugzhanov spoke about the preparations for the summit of the Caspian states’ Heads. As you know, leaders and delegations from five countries will take part in the summit. Organizational issues of the forthcoming meeting are now being worked out.
The first Caspian summit was held in 2002 in Ashgabat, the second one 5 years after in Tehran, the third - in 2010 in Baku, the fourth - in Astrakhan in 2014, and the relay of the fifth meeting passed to Kazakhstan.
Earlier, the Caspian countries worked on a convention on the legal status of the Caspian: it is planned to be presented to the Heads of states at the next summit.
Source: mangystau.gov.kz