The International Ocean Institute (IOI) with the support of Turkmenistan’s Foreign Ministryand the State Enterprise on Caspian Sea Issues under the President of Turkmenistan is holding a seminar in Avaza, titled “Caspian Sea – sustainable development and management”, which will last until March 16, the Turkmen government said in a message. Experts of various ministries and authorities of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan, as well as international experts – scientific consultants of the IOI in the field of the maritime economy, politics, management, ecology, maritime law and other disciplines are invited to the event. Systematic training, improvement of skills of specialists engaged in the activities related to the Caspian Sea – the oil and gas sector, hydrometeorology, fishery, tourism, environmental protection, maritime transport, border services, foreign affairs and others – is one of the partnership formats of the Caspian basin countries, says the message. The program of the current training includes a wide range of issues directly related to the economic, social and environmental aspects of development of the Caspian region states, their cooperation in these areas. http://www.asiapacificmagazine.com/en/turkmenistan-hosting-seminar-on-caspian-sea-issues/
