The leaders of Malaysia and Kazakhstan said here Wednesday that the two countries are looking at some key areas to boost bilateral trade and cooperation.

• April 19, 2012

Tajikistan, a former Soviet republic bordering Afghanistan, has rejected requests by foreign powers to allow them to set up military bases on its territory because it does not want to upset Russia, its president said on Tuesday.

• April 17, 2012

Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov met Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and President Tony Tan Keng Yam on Monday. He is here on a three-day visit.

• April 16, 2012

Kyrgyzstan plans to give Moscow only 48 percent of the "Dastan" plant's shares in exchange for writing off $180 million in debt instead of the required 75 percent. However, despite these differences, it does not plan to seek another investor, Kyrgyz Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov said in an interview with Kommersant-Power.

• April 16, 2012

Today, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received the Foreign Minister of Belarus, Sergey Martynov. The sides agreed in the opinion that there is a mutual desire to deepen relations between Armenia and Belarus and expand the bilateral cooperation in various spheres.

• April 16, 2012

Azerbaijani ambassador to Tajikistan Abbasali Hasanov met this country`s first deputy foreign minister Mahmudjon Sobirov.

• April 14, 2012

Russia on Saturday said the UN Security Council had "practically agreed" a resolution on sending an observer mission to Syria and called on both the government and the opposition to strictly obey the Kofi Annan peace plan.

• April 14, 2012

The Kyrgyz Ministry of Economy and Antimonopoly Policy has today hosted a meeting of Deputy Minister Sanjar Mukanbetov with an Azerbaijani delegation led by Azerbaijani Deputy Economic Development Minister Niyazi Safarov.

• April 13, 2012