By empty (4/29/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Iran shares Russia\'s concern about the possible construction of pipelines on the Caspian seabed, Iranian Ambassador to Kazakhstan Murtazo Saffori told Interfax. \"Iran shares Russia\'s opinion about the possible construction of pipelines on the Caspian seabed, which Deputy Foreign Minister Viktor Kalyuzhny has made public,\" he said. \"The catastrophic consequences of earthquakes in the sea is the main reason why Russia objects to laying trans-Caspian trunk pipelines,\" Kalyuzhny said at an international conference on the politics, economy and business of the Caspian Sea in Astana on Wednesday.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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