VOL. XLII

No. 34

23-August-1999

FSU

Richardson Pursues Endgame For Baku-Ceyhan AndTransCaspian Pipelines

US Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson arrived in Turkey on16 August professing Washingtons faith in an East-West energy corridor andurging all parties involved to turn the proposed Baku-Ceyhan and TransCaspianpipelines into realities. Speaking in Istanbul after meetings with TurkishPresident Suleiman Demirel and Turkeys Minister of Energy, Mr. Cumhur Ersumer,Mr. Richardson reiterated US...