Minister: Azerbaijan cooperates with neighbors to tackle Caspian Sea decline

Azerbaijan has established working groups with three Caspian littoral states to address the decline in the Caspian Sea's water level, according to Azerbaijan's Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Rashad Ismayilov, Report informs.

Speaking at the 2026 World Environment Day (WED) in Baku, hosted in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Ismayilov said joint measures are being taken with neighboring countries.

"To tackle the issue of declining Caspian Sea levels, Azerbaijan has created bilateral working groups with three Caspian states - Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Russia. Within these groups, joint activities are planned, including scientific research into causes, information exchange, monitoring, and the preparation of adaptation measures," Ismayilov noted.