A broad defence cooperation agreement was among five pacts signed following delegation-level talks between the visiting Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych, and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday.

• December 13, 2012

he decision on the withdrawal of Uzbekistan from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) may be made on December 19. The next meeting of the heads of the CSTO member states will be held on this date in Moscow, APA reports quoting the official website of the organization. Besides the other issues, Uzbekistan’s application on the suspension of its activity in the organization has been also included in the agenda of the meeting. For this reason, Uzbekistan sent the relevant note to the CSTO Secretariat in June.

• December 12, 2012

The meeting of the CIS Council of the Heads of State held in Ashgabat has fundamentally changed the balance of power in the CIS. Azerbaijani sources say that President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan has again reformatted the country’s foreign policy.

• December 12, 2012

Russia lashed out at the United States on Wednesday for recognizing an opposition coalition as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people, saying it ran against agreements to seek political transition in the Middle Eastern nation.

• December 12, 2012

ISSUE #48
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European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fuele said on 4 December 2012 that seven EU member states, including Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Italy and Spain, insist on Ukraine meeting the previously announced political conditions before an association agreement is signed. Meanwhile, Poland and Lithuania want the document signed as soon as possible. READ MORE

• December 12, 2012

Negotiations on tariffs for electricity with the Russian company Inter RAO are underway and a statement will be made in the coming days, Georgian Energy Minister Kakha Kaladze said on Tuesday.

• December 11, 2012

By the end of this year, Turkey will determine the country that will build the second nuclear power plant in Sinop, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz said, the Hurriyet newspaper reported.

• December 10, 2012

Moscow says it will not seek the ouster of Assad, as international negotiators again fail to reach a breakthrough on the crisis in Syria.

• December 10, 2012