Kassym-Jomart Tokayev: “We must not allow the Caspian Sea to suffer the same fate.”

Meanwhile, it is extremely important to maintain a careful attitude toward the linguistic and cultural diversity of CIS states, show due respect for the history, traditions and culture of all peoples, and seek more effective forms of…

We must restore water flows, river deltas and wetlands, and bring hydraulic structures into proper condition. Grants, concessional lending and other channels of climate financing can and should support this work.

We, the CIS member states, must answer the question of what we want the Commonwealth to look like in the long term and what place it should occupy in the rapidly changing geopolitical architecture of Eurasia.

The Caspian is a single ecosystem that does not recognize state borders, so shared success is impossible without coordinated action in international organizations and financial markets.