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17.03.2011
The USA intends to contain Russia and Iran in the Caspian area. At the same time, the US is planning to help Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan develop their navies. A report published on EurasiaNet said that the US administration emphasizes the increasing importance of Caspian Sea security and the possibility of the sea's militarization."
The above-mentioned countries are planning to build their navies "more or less from scratch" in spite of the fact that Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan have impressive flotillas in the Caspian Sea, especially Azerbaijan.
Moreover, a comparison of naval forces shows that the strongest country in the region (except for Russia, of course) is Azerbaijan. For instance, the navy of Azerbaijan is stronger than that of Iran.
EurasiaNet says that "it's hard to tell how serious the new plans are, but it does seem to be a concerted effort to build naval capacity in the Caspian."
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Konstantin Sivkov, a naval expert, told Pravda.Ru that the Caspian Sea was extremely important for the USA.
"It does not go about the control over local energy resources only. The States need the region to realize aggressive plans against Russia, China and Iran afterwards. The US has built close ties with the political establishment of Azerbaijan. The USA is conducting defense cooperation with this and other countries. Therefore, it has an opportunity to exert influence on their policies. If America supplies everything for the navies of those countries, it will be able to control their military power.
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