Turkey and China has signed on Monday an agreement on use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes, TRT Haber TV Channel reported today.

• April 9, 2012

India is running an energy deficit and may consider rejoining a natural gas pipeline project from Iran, a senior diplomat said.

• April 9, 2012

Kazakh Minister of Economic Development and Trade Bakytzhan Sagintayev met with Minister of Economy and Antimonopoly Policy of Kyrgyzstan Temir Sariyev in Astana, the Economy Ministry of Kazakhstan said.

• April 9, 2012

"We have agreed with Iran to launch a new round of talks in Istanbul on 14 April," said Michael Mann, spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. "We are very pleased that these talks, which will address the international community´s concerns on the Iranian nuclear programme, are going ahead after more than one year since we last met," Mann said in a statement.

• April 9, 2012

Russian gas giant Gazprom has submitted a preliminary bid to purchase the Greek gas corporation DEPA, deputy chairman Alexander Medvedev said Saturday.

• April 7, 2012

President Barack Obama has told Iran the United States would accept Tehran having a civilian nuclear programme if the Islamic state can prove it is not seeking atomic weapons, the Washington Post said Friday. Obama sent such a message to Tehran via Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who delivered it to Iran's Supreme leader Ali Khamenei last week, said the newspaper's foreign affairs columnist David Ignatius.

• April 7, 2012

Charge d'Affaires of Kazakhstan to Georgia Adil Tursunov and Energy and Natural Resources Minister of Georgia Alexander Khetaguri discussed transit of Kazakh hydrocarbons through Georgia, as well as KazTransGas - Tbilisi Company's activity at a meeting in Tbilisi.

• April 6, 2012

A unified missile defense system comprising the United States and six Arab states is a signal that a military strike on Iran could be on the horizon, says the Chairman of the State Duma's International Affairs Committee.

• April 6, 2012