Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised North Korea's "anti-west" position, saying Tehran and Pyongyang have common enemy, Fars News Agency reported on September 1.

• September 1, 2012

Baku has hosted a meeting of the Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan Friendship Society named after Heydar Aliyev. The event was organised by the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Baku and is timed to coincide with the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

• August 31, 2012

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during the 16th Summit of Heads of States and Governments of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Tehran, the Turkmen government said on Friday.

• August 31, 2012

European Union Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger will travel to Azerbaijan on 1-2 September, EU office in Baku reported on Friday.

• August 31, 2012

Azerbaijan`s President Ilham Aliyev has today received President of TeliaSonera Lars Nyberg. Lars Nyberg praised dynamic development of the information and communications technology sector in Azerbaijan.

• August 30, 2012

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem on the Syrian initiative during the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), summit, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said.

• August 30, 2012

A number of important meetings, first and foremost with the head of the host country Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, are planned during the working visit of Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov to Tehran, the Turkmen government said.

• August 30, 2012

Italy hosted international talks in Rome on Wednesday on the future of Syria after President Bashar al-Assad leaves power, the foreign ministry said AFP reeported.

• August 29, 2012