Russia warned Israel and other nations not to attack Iran over its nuclear programme, saying the use of force would be disastrous for the Middle East and have consequences far beyond the region, the Interfax news agency reported on Thursday.

• September 6, 2012

Baku, Fineko/abc.az. Head of the Subcommittee on Europe & Eurasia of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee for International Relations Dan Burton has summed up the results of the Baku visit.

• September 5, 2012

China and Uzbekistan elevated bilateral ties to a strategic partnership on Wednesday with five agreements signed to boost cooperation. President Hu Jintao and his visiting Uzbek counterpart Islam Karimov witnessed the signing after their talks in the morning.

• September 5, 2012

The Kyrgyz Ministry of Energy imposed a moratorium on all activities related to the contract for the construction of Verkhnenaryn chain of power plants. 24.kg news agency was told in the agency.

• September 5, 2012

Chairman of the Kazakh Senate Kairat Mami has held the talks with NATO Parliamentary Assembly Chairman Karl Lamers, the Senate said today. The sides have discussed the issues of further development of the cooperation between the Kazakh Parliament and NATO PA.

• September 4, 2012

Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in Kyrgyzstan on a working visit on September 20, according to the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry, KyrTAG reported.

• September 4, 2012

Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan can bring its bilateral trade to $1 billion in the next two years. This forecast was made during the eighth session of the Uzbek-Turkmen Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation in Tashkent.

• September 4, 2012

ISSUE #33
08/27/2012
On 21 August 2012, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said that, following the entry into force of a free trade area agreement within the CIS, Kiev is planning to start negotiations on access to the Russian gas transport system and possible transport of natural gas from Central Asia to Ukraine through Russia's system. Azarov said that such steps are envisaged by the agreement on free trade area, which allows launching negotiations on access to the gas transport system immediately after the agreement comes into force and reaching agreement on Ukraine's access to the “pipe” within six months. READ MORE

• September 3, 2012