The Caspian Sea: rich in oil and gas and caviar
Aktau (Kazakhstan) (AFP) - The leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan are meeting in the Kazakh port city of Aktau on Sunday to sign a landmark deal on the Caspian Sea. Here are five facts about the inland sea whose legal status has been the subject of fraught negotiations for over two decades since the Soviet Union's collapse. The Caspian is the largest inland body of water in the world. With around 70,000 cubic kilometres (16,800 cubic miles) of water, it is bigger by volume than both the North and Baltic seas. ...
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