VOL. XLII

No. 21

24-May-1999

FSU

Baku Interprets Chinese Weapons To Armenia As Attempt ToDirect Caspian Oil Flow

Azerbaijan delivered on 18 May a protest note to China overthe delivery in April of eight Typhoon rocket systems to neighboring Armenia.Azerbaijan and Armenia have been in conflict for 11 years over the enclave ofNagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian populated region of Azerbaijan whose inhabitantswant independence. The Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, Tofig Zulfugarov, handedthe protest note to...