President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed the Law "On ratification of the Agreement between Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan on delimitation of the Kazakh-Turkmen state border and delineation of adjacent areas of the fishing zones on the Caspian Sea", the Press Service of the President of Kazakhstan reported on Wednesday.
The purpose of the treaty is to determine the state border line between Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan in the Caspian Sea, delimiting their territorial waters and adjacent sections of fishing zones.
This is the first document in history that legally secures state borders in the Caspian Sea between the coastal states.
The agreement between Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan on the delimitation of the Kazakh-Turkmen state border and the delimitation of adjacent sections of fishing zones on the Caspian Sea was concluded in Ashgabat on October 25, 2021.
