VOL. XLV

No 20

20-May-2002

CASPIAN

Russia And Kazakstan Sign BilateralAgreement On Northern Caspian Sea Boundary

RussianPresident Vladimir Putin and Kazak President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed abilateral agreement covering their countries maritime border in the Caspian Sea in Moscow on 13 May. The accord divides the seabed between Russia and Kazakstan and governs thedevelopment of three disputed offshore oilfields, Kurmangazy,Tsentralnoye and Khvalynskoye;and it follows an initial bilateral...