Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will pay an official visit to the Swiss Confederation in October 2012, the Turkmen government reported today with reference to Swiss President Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf's greetings addressed to the Turkmen leader.

• July 16, 2012

On 16 July Defence Minister of Azerbaijan, colonel general Safar Abiyev received ambassadors of China Hun Tsui and Uzbekistan Sherzod Fayziyev, News.Az reported.

• July 16, 2012

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that there is currently no obstacle in the way of expanding barter trade exchanges with different countries, particularly Pakistan, FNA reported.

• July 16, 2012

Today, the bulk of immigrants to Russia come from Central Asia, and the trend is likely to remain over the next 10-15 years. The most recent Russian census showed that the number of Uzbeks, Tajiks, and Kyrgyz living in the country had roughly doubled since the previous count.

• July 14, 2012

Well over four hundred tons of uranium have been converted from former Soviet Union nuclear warheads. Called “Megatons to Megawatts,” the program was started by USEC, a global energy company and leading supplier of nuclear fuel.

• July 14, 2012

Armenia and Georgia have held fresh Western-sponsored training exercises aimed at improving their capacity to prevent illegal trafficking of weapons of mass destruction through their territories.

• July 14, 2012

Ministers of Labour & Social Protection of Azerbaijan and Turkey signed a protocol in Baku yesterday at the VII session of the Standing Joint Commission for Social Protection Cooperation.

• July 13, 2012

Azerbaijan and Iraq signed a memorandum of understanding on the possibility of opening direct flights between the two countries, secretary of the Iraqi embassy in Azerbaijan, Jassim Mohammed Ahmed told Trend.

• July 13, 2012