A North Korean envoy told China's president on Friday that his reclusive country was willing to take "positive actions" to ensure peace and stability on the Korean peninsula, as China steps up diplomatic efforts to bring Pyongyang back to talks.

• May 25, 2013

IAEA can continue supervision of Iran's nuclear activities without any obstacles, Iran's ambassador to IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh said, Mehr news agency reported.

• May 23, 2013

North Korea's nuclear weapons program is undermining regional stability in Northeast Asia, with the present crisis on the Korean Peninsula again prompting the neighboring states into seriously reconsidering their national security policies.

• May 23, 2013

Gas from Turkmenistan’s largest gas condensate field will flow to China, national gas company Turkmengaz CEO Kakageldy Abdullayev said on Wednesday.

• May 22, 2013

Armenian Energy Minister Armen Movsisian underlined the need for continued cooperation between his country and Iran, IRNA reported.

• May 22, 2013

At present, Turkmenistan is operating to diversify its natural gas supplies to the world markets as being one of the most important priorities of the energy policy of the country, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov told the participants at the fourth International Gas Congress which opened in Ashgabat today.

• May 21, 2013

The governments of Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey at the fifth Nabucco Committee on Tuesday adopted a joint declaration, where they stressed the potential of Nabucco pipeline to supply the energy markets of the Western Balkans and the Visegrad group countries (Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary), Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH reported.

• May 21, 2013

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday it is crucial for Syrian opposition envoys to engage in peace talks without setting preconditions, apparently referring to demands for President Bashar al-Assad's removal.

• May 21, 2013