VOL. XLV

No 4

28-January-2002

CASPIAN

Putin Proposes Gas Alliance ForCentral Asian Producers

Russian President Vladimir Putinon 21 January called for the creation of an alliance of Eurasian natural gas producersthat would include Russia, Kazakstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Mr Putinproposed that such a group would bring an element of stability into thetransportation of gas on a long-term basis. The Russian president made hissuggestion while meeting in Moscow with President Saparmurat Niyazov...