Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov and his Afghan counterpart Dr. Zalmay Rassoul discussed the main directions of developing bilateral relations and prospects of further trade, economic and investment cooperation, the Kazakh Foreign Minister reported.

• June 14, 2012

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili met in Batumi with Irish Foreign Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-office Eamon Gilmore.

• June 13, 2012

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday accused the United States of supplying weapons to Syria's rebels after Hillary Clinton said Moscow was supplying the Assad regime with "attack helicopters".

• June 13, 2012

The United States is seeing a dramatic surge in oil and gas production and could overtake the world's biggest producers, Russia and Saudi Arabia, in another decade, a US official said here Tuesday.

• June 13, 2012

Constructing a widespread network of pipelines for natural resources in Turkmenistan is of great national interest, the country's president said.

• June 11, 2012

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is expected to visit Iran on June 13 to discuss a range of issues, including the next round of talks between Iran and six world powers on the Islamic republic's nuclear program.

• June 11, 2012

The Barack Obama administration is likely to open North America's doors to India for its energy needs as it pushes New Delhi to reduce its energy dependence on "nuclear armed" Iran. This hydrocarbon sop for India - oil, cooking and shale gas - is scheduled to figure in the third round of Indo-US strategic dialogue in Washington on June 13.

• June 11, 2012

Iran hopes that the final nuclear agreement for giving permission to IAEA inspectors (to visit Parchin military complex) will be signed, Iran Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Ali Asghar Soltanieh told ISNA.

• June 9, 2012