Moscow Warns EU Over Trans-Caspian Pipe

摘要

Russia on Tuesday called on the EU tostop negotiations on building a pipeline un-der the Caspian Sea from Turkmenistan toAzerbaijan to carry gas to Europe.“Outside attempts to meddle in affairs inthe Caspian ... could very seriously compli-cate the situation in this region,” the Russ-ian foreign ministry said on its website,adding that they could “negatively affect theongoing five-party negotiations on theCaspian Sea’s legal status.”