Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said Thursday that with good progress in relationship between Pakistan and Russian Federation over the years, there is consensus in Pakistan that our relations with Russian Federation should be further strengthened. Russia is very important because of its linkages with Europe and Asia, he added.

• October 5, 2012

On October 5, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received the delegation led by Enrique Accorsi, the Chairman of the Commission on Poverty Reduction, Social Development and Planning of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies, head of the Chile-Azerbaijan friendship group, APA reports.

• October 5, 2012

Tajikistan has invited Azerbaijani businessmen to participate in an international economic forum which will be held in country's Sogd province, a report published on Wednesday on the official Azerbaijan Export & Investment Promotion fund (AZPROMO) website says.

• October 3, 2012

China is on the prowl again in Africa and this time Ethiopia and its new government appear to be winning over investors from the East Asian country. The Chinese, present during the funeral of late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in August have made a number of moves in the country’s energy and agriculture markets that have analysts believing Beijing has discovered their future East African mate.

• October 3, 2012

Delegation from Iran led by country's Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi arrived in Iraq today, ISNA reported.

• October 3, 2012

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Monday said Pakistan attaches great importance to its relations with Russian Federation and is keen to intensify economic ties between the two countries.

• October 2, 2012

Azerbaijan`s President Ilham Aliyev has today received former President of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbayeva.

• October 2, 2012

A North Korean minister lashed out at the United States on Monday, warning that its “hostile” policy has left the Korean peninsula a spark away from a nuclear war.

• October 2, 2012