Expressing support for Iran's right to peaceful use of nuclear energy 'consistent with their international obligations', India has called for intensification of efforts to address the Iranian nuclear issue through peaceful dialogue.

• March 23, 2011

Ukraine's joining a free trade area with the European Union will depend on greater flexibility and a readiness for a compromise with EU member states, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said.

• March 22, 2011

Bulgaria has confirmed its interest in buying natural gas from Turkmenistan, as well as its commitment to facilitate gas exports, the Economy Ministry said in a statement

• March 21, 2011

NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai’s first visits to Tbilisi and Yerevan that were scheduled for next week were postponed due to developments in the North Africa.

• March 19, 2011

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed prospects for further cooperation within the EurAsEC framework, the pace of formation of the Customs Union, as well as a range of regional problems, including the situation in Central Asia, aide of the Russian president Sergei Prikhodko said speaking about a meeting of the two countries’ leaders held on Friday.

• March 19, 2011

The possibility of sending Turkmen gas supplies to Bulgaria was discussed at a Turkmen-Bulgarian intergovernmental economic cooperation commission meeting that is underway in Sofia on March 16-19, Bulgarian media outlets reported on Friday.

• March 18, 2011

Russia on Thursday weighed alternatives for its ambitious South Stream gas pipeline project amid reports that Turkey was purposely delaying its approval of the route through its Black Sea waters.

• March 18, 2011

"Situation in the south of Kyrgyzstan still remains difficult,” Chairman of the State Service for Drugs Control under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic Vitaly Orozaliev stated today at a press-conference.

• March 17, 2011