THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF IRAN A MAKES SEVERAL PROPOSALS ABOUT THE
STATUTE OF THE CASPIAN ONE








MOSCOW, March 13.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti " Elena Glouchakova).  The
Foreign Minister of Iran Kamal Kharrazi made, during negotiations with
his Russian counterpart Igor Ivanov, several proposals about the
statute of Caspian, has advertisement Tuesday with the journalists the
head of the Russian diplomacy has the exit of the negotiations which
it has qualifiees " very interessantes ".

" We will continue the consultations to arrive at the agreements which
will frayeront the path towards the node of the bordering States of
Caspian ", said Igor Ivanov.

This node is prevu for April the beginning of.

According to the Russian minister, all the bordering countries test
the necessite to have a legal base for the co-operation in the Caspian
one.

Evoking the current visit of president d' Iran Sayed Mohammad Khatami
in Russia, Igor Ivanov A announces qi' it " was in conformity with the
interests of Moscow and Teheran, as well as has international and
regional stability ".  According to him, this visit is also very
significant point of the co-operation of the two States on the
international arene.

In its turn, Kamal Kharrazi also has stresses that the co-operation
between Iran and Russia aimed has to ensure economic stability in the
area and that it was to be in conformity with the spots posees has our
countries.  According to him, this co-operation " is not dirigee
against the other countries, whatever they are, its objectives are
peace, the friendship, the development of the economic contacts in the
area and the insurance of the free transfer of the energy resources ".