Ukraine expects to sign a corn quarantine agreement with Beijing by the end of the year, paving the way for exports of the grain to China, said UkrLandFarming (ULF), a major Ukrainian farm company.

• July 18, 2012

Belarus and Russia signed here Wednesday a general contract for developing the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) on Wednesday.

• July 18, 2012

Senior Officer of the Turkmen Armed Forces Gadam Tekeev, the representative of Turkmen Delegation, has visited Vinnytsia Military Medical Clinical Center. He has reviewed capabilities and facilities of the Ukrainian military medicine, especially, Ukrainian aviation medicine.

• July 18, 2012

Turkmen and Azerbaijani governments have got the chance to solve their disagreements not waiting for holding III meeting of Azerbaijan-Turkmen Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation. Azerbaijani sources report that the meeting of the Council of CIS Government Heads will take place in Ashgabat in September.

• July 18, 2012

The tenth meeting of the Turkmen-Japanese Economic Committee is being held in Tokyo, the official Turkmen source said on Friday. Both countries are discussing prospects for joint investment projects in the oil and gas industry, chemical industry and fisheries, communications, transportation, banking, textile industry at the governmental level.

• July 18, 2012

ranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said his country was prepared to raise its trade volume with the Central Asian nation to $10 billion, up from $5 billion in 2011.

• July 17, 2012

India and Russia have jointly agreed to study a comprehensive economic co-operation agreement with Belarus, Kazakhstan and the Russia Customs Union.

• July 17, 2012

There is a perception amongst those fighting the government in Pakistan that the only sure shot way of drawing Islamabad's attention is to attack the Chinese, as the government does not pay much heed to attacks on hapless Pakistani citizens, says Alok Bansal.

• July 17, 2012