Question-Which country does not share boundary with the Caspian Sea?
(a) Russia
(b) Iran
(c) Azerbaijan
(d) Iraq
Answer-(d)
Related facts-
- To administer Caspian Sea and its surrounding area, leaders from countries surrounding the Caspian Sea have finally signed a legal deal on the status of the Caspian Sea.
- Caspian Sea is surrounded by Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan.
Issue over Caspian sea- - The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 resulted in establishment of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan as an independent states and competitors in the region for exploiting its resources, ongoing disputes about how to draw boundaries in the Caspian have restricted all the surrounding countries’ ability to exploit its resources.
- The main issue has been to legally classify the Caspian whether as a sea or a lake.
Result of the latest summit- - The recent summit has confirmed that the surface of the Caspian Sea would be legally recognized as a sea, which means, each country would control 15 miles from its offshore for mineral exploration and 25 miles of shoreline for fishing and rest part of the Caspian Sea would be observed as neutral water for common use.
- Military vessels of non-Caspian states have been prohibited from entering in the Caspian Sea.
References-
https://www.rferl.org/a/majlis-podcast-the-caspian-sea-agreement-what-s-next/29441869.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/12/landmark-caspian-sea-deal-signed-among-five-coastal-nations
https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/what-does-new-caspian-sea-agreement-mean-energy-market