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TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Iran and Caspian Sea littoral states signed a marine cooperation agreement in security, training, technical work, search and rescue operations on Friday, Press TV reported.

Iranian Navy Commander Hossein Khanzadi signed the agreement in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg along with his Russian, Azeri, Kazakh, Turkmen counterparts on Friday.

On the sidelines of the meeting, Khanzadi held multilateral meetings with the navy commanders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.

The Iranian navy chief also announced that Russia and Iran have planned to hold a joint navy exercise in the Indian Ocean in the near future.