VOL. XLIV

No. 06

5-February-2001

TURKEY

US Caspian Envoy ReaffirmsWashingtons Support For Baku-Ceyhan

Elizabeth Jones, the specialadvisor on Caspian affairs for the US State Department, said on 31 January thatthe administration of President George W Bush supports the proposedBaku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) crude pipeline and that the project is not a controversialissue for the administration. Speaking at the Nixon Center in Washington, MsJones, who replaced John Wolf in the post last November, said:...