VOL. XLI

No. 14

6-April-1998

FSU

Russia And Azerbaijan Sign Caspian Sea Protocol; Baku And Ashgabat Make Headway

In a move towards resolving disputes over the status of the Caspian Sea, Russia andAzerbaijan signed a protocol in Baku on 27 March saying that the two countries wouldcontinue to work towards a "mutually acceptable legal status of the CaspianSea." During a visit to Azerbaijan by Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister BorisPastukhov in the course of which he met President Heydar Aliyev...