From: Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org)
Date: Fri Jun 22 2001 - 11:26:26 EDT
AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER DENIES DEPLOYMENT OF SPEEDBOATS
WILL EXACERBATE CASPIAN TENSIONS
Responding to concerns expressed in the "Tehran Times," Quliev said in Baku on 21
June that the two patrol boats Azerbaijan will receive from
the U.S. to patrol its territorial waters will not lead to
armed confrontation in the Caspian, according to MPA, as
cited by Groong. He noted that Turkmenistan has recently
received similar, larger vessels. The first vessel was handed
over in Baku on 16 June. LF
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