Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko met with Chairman of Majilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin, Chairman of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan Asylbek Zheenbekov in St Petersburg on 16 May, BelTA learnt from the press service of the House of Representatives.

• May 17, 2012

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received the credentials of new Uzbek ambassador Sherzod Fayziyev. The ambassador presented his credentials to President Aliyev. Then the Azerbaijani President made conversation with the ambassador Fayziyev extended President Islam Karimov`s best wishes to the Azerbaijani leader.

• May 17, 2012

Robert O. Blake, U.S. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian affairs appreciated the trans-boundary agreement on transit among Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan, CA-News reported.

• May 17, 2012

Tajik Foreign Minister Khamrokhon Zarifi left to Washington on Wednesday, CA-News reported.

• May 16, 2012

Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Kyrgyzstan for an official visit, the press service of the Kyrgyz President reported on Wednesday. The invitation was accepted with gratitude.

• May 16, 2012

Kazakhstan, Iran and Turkmenistan have agreed to set up a tripartite railway committee, Kazakhstan Railways reported today.

• May 15, 2012

Iran's talks with the UN nuclear watchdog about Tehran's atomic activities are going well, a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday, the second day of discussions.

• May 15, 2012

Belarus and Kazakhstan underuse their potential in economic cooperation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Belarus Ergali Bulegenov told in an interview to the Belarus-1 TV Channel.

• May 14, 2012