VOL. XLV

No 24

17-June-2002

CASPIAN

Russia And Azerbaijan Fail To SignBilateral Caspian Accord

RussianPresident Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Haydar Aliyev failed to sign abilateral agreement demarcating an offshore boundary between their twocountries in the Caspian Sea during a meeting in St Petersburg on 9 June. It had been expected that the two presidentswould sign an agreement dividing the Caspian seabed into territorial sectorssimilar to the one signed by Russia and Kazakstan in...