VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 34

22-MAY-1995

FSU/Iran

Caspian States Fail To Agree On Sea's Legal Status

Iran and Russia have sided against Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan in the disputeover the legal status of the Caspian Sea, adding further complications to theproblematic question of oil and gas development in the Caspian basin. Delegatesfrom four of the five states that border the Caspian Sea failed at a two-dayconference in Alma Ata (Almaty) to resolve the legal dispute over whether theCentral Asian body of salt...