VOL. XLI

No. 42

19-October-1998

FSU

Brink Of Failure Report On US Campaign For Baku-CeyhanRattles Washington And Ankara

A report published in the New York Times on 10 Octobersuggesting that the two-year campaign by the Clinton administration to persuade major USoil companies operating in the Caspian region to adopt the Baku-Ceyhan route for the MainExport Pipeline (MEP) "appears to be on the brink of failure," has caused US andTurkish officials to dismiss the report as incorrect.

The report...