Summit of heads of Caspian region states in Astrakhan
... search for alternative, non-Russian, sources of energy resources, has become a serious problem in matters of cooperation in the Caspian region. This is why the idea of excluding Russia, Iran and Kazakhstan from the work of resolving these problems emerged.... ... the Caspian seabed with the agreement only of those states across whose sectors of the seabed the pipeline will be built (i.e. Azerbaijan and Turkmenia). The idea was supported in both Brussels and Washington. Russia and Iran opposed this, above all because ...