VOL. XLV

No 5

4-February-2002

CASPIAN

PutinAnd Aliyev Discuss Caspian Status And Oil Transit

AzerbaijaniPresident Haydar Aliyev visited Moscow on 24-26 January for talks with RussianPresident Vladimir Putin, one week after a visit to the Russian capital byTurkmenistans President Saparmurat Niyazov (MEES, 28 January).Apart from bilateral issues PresidentsAliyev and Putin discussed the legal status of the Caspian Sea.Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakstan have signedbilateral agreements allowing for the...