VOL. XLIV

No 41

8-October-2001

CASPIAN

Azerbaijan And Georgia Sign Agreement On Shah Deniz Gas Pipeline

Presidents Haydar Aliyev ofAzerbaijan and Eduard Shevardnadze of Georgia signed an agreement in Baku on 29September covering the transit, transportation and sale of natural gas betweenthe two Caucasus states. The agreement covers a pipeline that will transportnatural gas from Azerbaijans offshore Shah Deniz field across the southernCaucasus through Georgia to link up with Turkeys domestic gas...