VOL. XLV

No 15

15-April-2002

CASPIAN

US Lifts Arms Ban On Azerbaijan, Promises ToHelp Defend Maritime Borders

TheUS announced on 29 March that it had lifted its ban on the sale of weapons toAzerbaijan and Armenia, both of which had been on a proscribed destinationslist for weapons sales since July 1993 as the result of the six-year war thetwo countries fought from 1988-1994 over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.Last January US President George W Bushwaived economic sanctions against Azerbaijan that...