The Devil Is in the Detail: Outcomes of the Meeting on the Caspian Sea

... follows. Russia, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan favor delimitation of the Caspian Sea utilizing the “median line principle” (or the equidistance principle) within the Caspian countries’ geographical boundaries and the common use of the Caspian waters. Turkmenistan insists on each country having a 12-mile coastal zone on the Caspian, while Iran, which is seen by some as the main “troublemaker,” champions keeping the waters and the seabed either in common use or assigning each country an ...