Five Nations Bicker over Whether the Caspian is Lake or Sea
Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Turkmenistan met recently to sign the convention on the legal status of the resource-rich Caspian Sea, a document more than two decades in the making. Meeting in the Kazakh coastal town of Aktau in mid-August, the leaders of the five nations hailed the summit as a historic success. However, the convention formalizes the existing status quo rather than genuinely settling any disagreements among the five littoral states. Russian deputy foreign...
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- 19.09.2018 11:31:57