RFERL:

we look at Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s remarks about an agreement on the legal status of the Caspian Sea finally being close after more than 20 years of talks.

Lavrov was short on details, so we explored what sort of changes and accommodations might be behind such a breakthrough, if indeed there has been a breakthrough.

Muhammad Tahir, RFE/RL's media relations manager, moderated the discussion.

Joining us from Washington, D.C., is the former U.S. ambassador to Kazakhstan, William Courtney, who is now an adjunct senior fellow at the RAND Corporation. His comments about the possibility of China inadvertently playing a role in Caspian politics are well worth hearing.

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