Kyrgyzstan is interested in developing cooperation with Azerbaijan in bilateral and regional formats, Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Erlan Abdildaev said at a meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku, the Foreign Ministry said today.

• October 15, 2012

Iraq has agreed to buy more than $4.2 billion in Russian arms, in the largest military and technical cooperation deal between Russia and Iraq in the modern era.

• October 13, 2012

Foreign bases in the Central Asian countries are likely to stay in spite of the statements of the countries' leaders, the U.S. expert on Central Asia Bruce Pannier believes.

• October 13, 2012

After the conclusion of talks between presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan on Friday, the ceremony of signing Azerbaijan-Uzbekistan documents ceremony took place.

• October 12, 2012

Candidate for chairman of the Georgian Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Relations Tedo Japaridze reiterated that aspiration for Euro-Atlantic structures and strengthening cooperation with its neighbors - Azerbaijan, Turkey and Armenia remains Georgia's main priority also in the new government.

• October 12, 2012

In meeting with Knesset Speaker Rivlin, Sergei Lavrov says Tehran will avoid such an assault as a result of millions of 'Arabs and Muslims' who reside in the country; Rivlin: Only Russia can stop Iran without sanctions, military action.

• October 11, 2012

Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said Syria has stopped purchasing electricity from neighbouring Turkey. The move was due to damage to Syrian infrastructure, he explained. "Syria halted their power purchases from Turkey one week ago," Yildiz said.

• October 11, 2012

Kazakhstan and Russia will develop new agreement on good neighborhood and strategic partnership in 2013. Such decision was taken at a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev in Moscow on Tuesday, Kazakh presidential press-service reported.

• October 10, 2012