US Congressman Jim Moran has said that Armenia's Metsamor nuclear power station does not meet modern safety standards.

• March 29, 2011

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said “Russia and Kyrgyzstan are interested in suppression of Afghan threats” after meeting with Kyrgyz counterpart Ruslan Kazakbaev

• March 29, 2011

Even for a country known for completing massive infrastructure projects with frightening speed, China's nuclear-power-plant building spree boggles the mind.

• March 28, 2011

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday sent an Iran-made two-seat airplane to Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov who is here to attend the celebrations for International Day of Nowruz, the semi- official Fars news agency reported.

• March 28, 2011

Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbayev will visit Moscow on March 27-28 to discuss bilateral ties between Russia and Kyrgyzstan with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, a spokesman for the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry said

• March 27, 2011

Following the nuclear power plant crisis in Japan, China has ordered safety inspections of its existing nuclear plants and suspension of new plant approvals.

• March 25, 2011

Thermal coal producers in Asia Pacific are likely to feel some short-term financial impact from Japan's recent earthquake and tsunami, according to Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.

• March 24, 2011

Future prospects for cooperation between China and Kazakhstan were high on the agenda during President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s visit to Beijing on February 21. This overshadowed all other complicated and long-drawn out issues like the water sharing on Ili and Irtysh Rivers, on which a preliminary agreement was reached and the talks on Transborder Rivers, as it was disclosed to journalists, will be finalized during the trip by the Chinese President, Hu Jintao, to Kazakhstan scheduled for June.

• March 24, 2011