Ashgabat will host a summit of Caspian littoral states next week.

APA's Moscow correspondent reports that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said this at a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart Hussein Abdullahian on the results of talks in Tehran.

He said that the Caspian issue was also discussed during the talks with his Iranian counterpart: "We are a member of the Caspian Five with Iran."

The Caspian Summit will be held in Ashgabat next week.

We agreed on our activities in preparation for this important event. "

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the sixth summit of the Caspian littoral states.

He said Putin was expected to attend the event in person.

It should be noted that the VI Summit of the Caspian littoral states will be held on June 29 in Ashgabat.

The 5th Caspian Summit was held on August 11, 2018 in Aktau.

The Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea was signed at the summit.