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Turkmenistan: Breakthrough in Turkmen-Azerbaijani talks

Thursday, March 13th, 2008 @ 05:45 UTC

by Adil Nurmakov

Countries:: Turkmenistan
Topics:: Economics, Energy, International Relations

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Maciula reports on the Azerbaijani-Turkmen deal signed in Baku that ends a very long dispute between the two countries and is a important step forward towards building the Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline.

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