A supposedly confidential Foreign Ministry document — an intentional leak that was published on Russian Newsweek’s web site this week — has created a stir among diplomats and journalists. Many saw it as a revelation or a signal of a significant and welcome policy shift toward the West. But in reality, this is quite an overstatement.

• May 14, 2010

Turkey is still considering whether its prime minister should go to Iran for joint talks with Brazil's president over Tehran's nuclear program, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said Thursday.

• May 14, 2010

Turkey will host a high-level international conference on Somalia next week to seek ways to restore stability to one of the world’s poorest countries.

• May 14, 2010

His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday received Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip as the two countries finalised a "historic" oil shale agreement.

• May 13, 2010

India has conveyed to Tehran that it had a major role in stabilizing the situation in Afghanistan and that India would cherish its support in handling the developing situation in that country.

• May 13, 2010

Noting that Sino-Indian border disputes still existed, defence minister A K Antony said the two governments had evolved mechanisms to talk about these disputes.

• May 12, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Turkey on Tuesday to broach relations in the volatile South Caucasus region and seal several energy deals.

• May 12, 2010

External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna on Tuesday described Kazakhstan as India's most important partner in Central Asia with whom it maintains strategic relations.

• May 12, 2010