Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 44

1-Nov-2010

CASPIAN

Russia, Turkmenistan Decide to Postpone Pre-Caspiysky Gas Pipeline

The presidents of Russia and Turkmenistan, Dmitriy Medvedev and Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, have decided to postpone Pre-Caspiysky pipeline, according to a 23 October report in the Russian daily Kommersant quoting Russias Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin. An intergovernmental agreement was signed in December 2007 to construct the pipeline, which was planned to...