Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 39

26-Sep-2011

IRAN

Iran To Oppose EU Trans-Caspian Pipeline Initiative

Irans Ambassador to Russia, Mahmoud Reza Sajjadi, told IRNA on 16 September that Tehran would support Russian opposition to European Commission plans to lead the construction of a Trans-Caspian gas pipeline project, as expressed in a mid-September communiqué issued by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MEES, 19 September). Behind Tehrans position is its own opposition to any...