1.  Iran, which had long contended that Gulf security should only involve the littoral states, greeted the declaration with great suspicion.

2.  They had similar ideas, too, on how to divide the Caspian between the five littoral states.

3.  But they stressed that a final agreement on apportioning resources would have to be agreed by all littoral states, the radio said.

4.  He added that Iran was ready to put all its facilities at the disposal of the littoral states to export their energy to world markets.

5.  Iran has called for an agreement on dividing oil resources with the other four littoral states of the sea -- Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.

6.  Iran says the seabed should be divided into equal sectors for the five littoral states.

7.  Red Sea littoral states often capture fishing boats and fishermen from one another for illegal fishing.

8.  Red Sea littoral states often complain of illegal fishing in their waters, but drug trafficking is not widespread.

9.  Russia and Iran generally consider it to be a lake and want to share the riches equally between the littoral states.

10.  The littoral states of the Caspian sea are Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Russia.