Azerbaijan and other Caspian littoral states signed a protocol on preventing oil pollution in the Caspian Sea
The plan has been coordinated with international organizations, the head of the ministry's department for infrastructure development, Tariyel Huseynov, said.
The plan will be submitted to the government soon, he told a workshop on oil pollution at sea.
"Ratification of the plan is to be followed by preparation of the next document - an Action Plan to Prevent Oil Spills."
Huseynov said that a rescue service with all the necessary equipment and personnel had been set up to tackle any offshore incident.
"Increased oil and gas production in turn increases the risk of accidents. Therefore, it's important to set up the relevant infrastructure in the new fields and to cooperate with the companies involved in oil and gas production in the region," the department chief said.
The workshop on International Regimes for Claims and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage caused by Oil Spills at Sea opened on Thursday.
It is organized by the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the OSCE Office in Baku.
In his welcoming speech, the first deputy minister of emergency
situations, Lt-Gen Rafael Mirzayev, emphasized the importance of a
serious approach to oil spills and of cooperation with foreign oil and
gas companies.
"Increased oil and gas production in the Caspian Sea increases the risk of oil and chemical pollution," he said.
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