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Monday, 06 May 2002
AZERBAIJAN DENIES POLLUTING CASPIAN
By empty (5/6/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Environment Minister Hussein Bagirov denied on 6 May that the development of Azerbaijan\'s offshore Caspian oil fields is a major source of pollution of that sea. He said that 85-90 percent of pollution is caused by waste products from large rivers that flow into the Caspian, in particular the Volga and the Kura, which flows from Armenia via Georgia into Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani officials last month blamed Armenia for high levels of pollution in the Kura, but later rejected an Armenian proposal for joint monitoring of the pollution level.
Environment Minister Hussein Bagirov denied on 6 May that the development of Azerbaijan\'s offshore Caspian oil fields is a major source of pollution of that sea. He said that 85-90 percent of pollution is caused by waste products from large rivers that flow into the Caspian, in particular the Volga and the Kura, which flows from Armenia via Georgia into Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani officials last month blamed Armenia for high levels of pollution in the Kura, but later rejected an Armenian proposal for joint monitoring of the pollution level. (Interfax)