The oil price hike will promote growth in major oil exporters Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia, but create more poverty in the Eurasian region

• April 18, 2011

India said Saturday it signed seven trade agreements with Kazakhstan, including a deal involving nuclear material used for energy production.

• April 16, 2011

China on Thursday joined Russia in vaguely backing India's quest for a permanent Security Council seat but there was no promise that Beijing would vote for New Delhi's inclusion on UN high table.

• April 15, 2011

The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa said excessively volatile commodity prices pose a threat to the global economy and called for greater regulation of derivatives markets.

• April 15, 2011

China’s foreign-exchange reserves, the world’s largest, topped $3 trillion for the first time, highlighting global economic imbalances.

• April 14, 2011

The war in Afghanistan is in danger of becoming a forgotten conflict because of events in Libya and across the Middle East, David Miliband has warned.

• April 13, 2011

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) should combine their "huge potential" to continue enhancing their coordination on major issues of common concern.

• April 12, 2011

The Kyrgyz government on Monday approved a plan to join a post-Soviet customs union and common economic space.

• April 11, 2011