Majlis (Parliament) of Turkmenistan at a regular meeting of the fourth convocation ratified the Protocol Concerning Regional Preparedness, Response and Cooperation in Combating Oil Pollution Incidents to the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea, an official Turkmen source said.

• December 24, 2012

Kyrgyzstan's state-owned natural gas company says it is to be sold to Russia's energy monopoly Gazprom, raising hopes of an end to debilitating energy shortages in the impoverished Central Asian nation.

• December 24, 2012

Russia and India signed weapons deals worth billions of dollars today as president Vladimir Putin sought to further boost ties with an old ally

• December 24, 2012

Chemical weapons are under the control of the Syrian government, which has consolidated them in one or two locations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday.

• December 22, 2012

The deployment of NATO's advanced surface-to-air Patriot missiles along the Turkish border with Syria would be detrimental to Turkey, PressTV reported with the reference to Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi.

• December 22, 2012

The Azerbaijan and Lithuania are to enhance cooperation. Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Lithuania Hasan Mammadzade and chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Lithuanian Seimas Benediktas Juodka discussed prospects of cooperation, Azerbaijani Embassy in Lithuania said on Friday.

• December 21, 2012

The U.S. has recognized that the third EU energy package designed to open up the European market for energy resources subsidized from the federal budget. At yesterday’s meeting with members of the Caspian-European Integration Business Club (CEIBC) U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Richard Morningstar stated that the U.S. believes that the third energy package aims to ensure energy security of Europe, and is not against Gazprom, KazMunaiGas and other oil companies.

• December 20, 2012

Belarus and Azerbaijan have agreed to intensify cooperation in investment.

To this end, on 19 December in Minsk, cooperation memorandums were signed at the Belarusian-Azerbaijani business forum, BELTA reports.

• December 20, 2012