Following talks held in Baku between the Minister of Industry and Energy of Azerbaijan Natik Aliyev and Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Yuriy Boyko, the sides signed a protocol, Ministry's press secretary Azer Mensimli told Trend.

• September 20, 2011

Central and South Asia can bring energy trade to a new level,” the Secretary Ministry for Water and Power of Pakistan Imtiaz Hussain Kazi stated at the session of the Intergovernmental Council on CASA-1000 today.

• September 19, 2011

Pakistan is in an advanced stage of negotiations with China for its latest third-generation nuclear technology to build a power plant, said a daily Monday.

• September 19, 2011

Azerbaijani Industry and Energy Minister Natig Aliyev and Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boyko are discussing cooperation in the energy sector in Baku, the Ukrainian Embassy in Baku told Trend on Monday.

• September 19, 2011

The United States (US) has reaffirmed its commitment to help Pakistan in its endeavours to resolve the energy crises which is affecting the socio-economic progress of the country.

• September 16, 2011

State-controlled energy giant Gazprom is planning, along with western partners, two huge gas pipeline projects whose stated goals are to secure Europe's energy supplies but which critics say will increase the EU's dependence on Russia.

• September 16, 2011

Pakistan is seeking the latest Chinese technology to build over 1,000 MW power nuclear reactor being developed by China. ”Pakistan is in discussions with Chinese companies for imports of the third-generation nuclear technology,” Pakistan’s minister of science and technology, Mir Changez Khan Jamali said.

• September 15, 2011

Insights into Turkish Domestic and International Politics during August 2011
Key developments:

• Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan visits Mogadishu on a famine aid mission, the first visit by a non-African head of state in nearly 20 years. The trip is a huge boost to Turkey’s international image.
  
• Violence in the south-east of the country continues, leading to Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) cross-border raids into Iraq.
  
• Following criticism from the US Secretary of State, the justice ministry contradicts the number of journalists said to be held by Turkish authorities.
  
• Ankara continues to condemn the Syrian regime despite not calling for the resignation of President Bashar al- Assad. The country wins a seat at the Paris meeting of the new Libyan government following the apparent collapse of the Gaddafi regime.
  
• Azerbaijan and Turkey continue to negotiate a gas transit agreement, while Turkey’s reliance on foreign energy imports has reportedly increased 5 % since the AKP came to power.
  

• September 15, 2011