Attending afternoon public meeting of the Majlis (Iranian parliament) foreign minister Mohamed Javad Zarif stressed that finalizing The Caspian Sea Legal Convention would only be finalized by parliamentary approval.

Iran Press/Iran News: The Iranian foreign minister pointed to Iran's red line of territorial integrity, and underscored that the only country that a bit of its land has not even been negotiated and has not been lost in the Islamic Republic of Iran, responding to a question on Iran's share in the Caspian Sea legal regime.

If "we take a glance at history, Iran's territory had been given away by the rulers throughout history, but an iota of Iran's land had not been lost during the Iraqi imposed war", He added.

The head of the diplomacy apparatus said that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Iran made every effort to protect Iran's interests in the Caspian Sea, and noted that he held the first meeting of the deputies of foreign ministers of the Caspian Sea Littoral States.

He pointed out that protocols on environment and fishing had been concluded, and they adopted the comprehensive legal Convention of the Caspian Sea, which was the main topic of negotiations over the past 21 years.

The foreign minister said that the convention was signed in 2018. 205/217

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