Despite divergence on certain political issues like Syria, a leading Turkish businessman active in Russia expresses confidence that Turkey and Russia are set for a global, strategic and economic partnership in new markets, especially in the Middle East. Such bonds between the two countries can no longer be broken, says Erman Ilıcak.

• June 23, 2012

India's Oil Ministry is adopting measures to provide insurance coverage for tankers transferring crude oil from Iran, in an attempt to prevent the US-engineered EU sanctions from disrupting Iranian oil shipments to the Asian country.

• June 23, 2012

Tajikistan' major trade partners are Turkey and China, Avesta.tj reported on Friday. Some 49.1 percent of products, exported from Tajikistan, are supplied to Turkey, while 19.1 percent - account for China.

• June 22, 2012

Turkey's energy minister, Taner Yildiz, said Friday that the country continues to buy Iranian crude but that it has reduced imports to its main refiner Tupras (TUPRS.IS) by 20%.

• June 22, 2012

Tajik Finance Minister Safarali Nadzhmiddinov and Azerbaijani Ambassador to Dushanbe Abbasali Hasanov discussed the development of bilateral cooperation, Avasta.tj reports.

• June 21, 2012

The Arab League demanded on Thursday that Russia stop supplying arms to Syria, as a regime onslaught of Homs and its surrounds appeared to stall a Red Cross bid to rescue trapped civilians.

• June 21, 2012

Iran has commonly been labeled as a rogue state by Western powers with the country’s pursuit of nuclear power being deemed a threat to global society, and something that must be addressed immediately. While Tehran insists that the development of its nuclear capacity is only for peaceful purposes, the U.S. and its allies fear that Iran is developing nuclear weaponry.

• June 21, 2012

The UN Conference on Sustainable Development began in Rio de Janeiro today, Avesta.Tj reports. For many heads of state and government, this forum will be a platform for various initiatives.

• June 20, 2012