VOL. XLVI

No 10

10-March-2003

CASPIAN

Russia Expresses Opposition To Trans-Caspian Crude Pipeline Idea

Russias chief diplomat in the Caspian region, Deputy Foreign Minister Viktor Kalyuzhny, said on 26 February that Moscow opposed a proposal that a trans-Caspian crude pipeline be built across the Caspian Sea in order to transport Kazak crude to Azerbaijan. Such a pipeline would link up with the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) crude pipeline, construction of which is to begin in March, and by-pass...