Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 40

5-Oct-2009

CASPIAN

Iran To Veto Trans-Caspian Pipelines Without Maritime Boundary Agreement

National Iranian Gas Export Company (NIGEC) Managing Director Reza Kasaizadeh told reporters on 27 September that Iran would block plans to build a trans-Caspian pipeline to connect Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan, as long as there is no consensus among all five littoral states regarding Caspian Sea maritime boundaries. Mr Kasaizadeh said that Iran constituted the first...