VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 20

13-FEBRUARY-1995

CIS

US Qualifies Ankara's Claim Of Support For Caspian Pipeline

The US State Department has responded with some caution to a statement madeby Turkish Foreign Minister Murat Karayalcin on 31 January in which he saidWashington had "officially declared" its support for Turkey's plan foran oil pipeline that would carry crude produced in the Caspian region throughTurkey to the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. The State Department's ActingSpokesman, Ms. Christine...