Asked by Tasnim about a recent report from a Persian-language foreign-based
media outlet which has referred to Rajab Safarov as a member of Russia’s team of
experts involved in the Caspian negotiations in Kazakhstan, Foreign Ministry
Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said, "Records show that he (Safarov) has been never a
negotiator in the Russian delegation negotiating with the Iranian delegation.”
"Without doubt, the comments and allegations by the above-mentioned person have
basically no credibility,” Qassemi added.
The spokesperson also noted that such baseless allegations and false reports
against Iran at this juncture have "certain objectives” that are masterminded by
"specific elements and centers.”
The reaction came after BBC Persian broadcast an interview with Safarov,
introducing him as a member of Russia’s team of experts in the Kazakhstan talks
about the Caspian Sea legal regime.
The Russian individual alleged in the interview that Iran had easily abandoned
its share of the Caspian Sea after dissolution of the Soviet Union, expressing
surprise that Iran has not insisted on its fifty-percent share of the Caspian
Sea from the outset of the negotiations.
A summit of leaders of the Caspian littoral states concluded in the Kazakh city
of Aktau on Sunday with a long-awaited convention on the legal regime of the
large lake.
The five littoral states - Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and the
Republic of Azerbaijan- also signed six other agreements in the summit.
Source: Tasnim