South African authorities will have to address two critical issues as the country faces signing for its new nuclear procurement megaplan.

• February 15, 2013

Ukraine is interested in the resumption of Turkmen natural gas supply, Azerbaijan's Trend news agency quoted Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych as saying.

• February 14, 2013

President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov have signed a joint Ukrainian-Turkmen Communique.

• February 13, 2013

Azerbaijani gas will be supplied from the Shah Deniz offshore gas condensate field to Europe in 2019, SOCAR Vice-President Elshad Nasirov said at a meeting of the Euronest PA Energy Committee in Baku today.

• February 12, 2013

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has said he is prepared for immedate talks with Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and the government regarding "constitutional changes and other issues affecting the development of the country."

• February 11, 2013

Russian authorities reiterated, on January 22, pledges of increased economic engagement with Central Asia. The foreign ministry advocated plans to develop economic and trade ties with the region, while other officials urged the creation of a Russian state corporation that would encourage economic development there (Regnum, January 22).

• February 9, 2013

Ukraine doesn't see why it should pay a $7 billion bill from Russia's OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS), Ukraine's energy and coal industry minister said Thursday, Interfax reported.

• February 7, 2013

At the meeting of Ministers for European Affairs in Brussels on 4 February, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Vytautas Leskevicius called on the EU heads of state who will be attending the European Council meeting at the end of this week, to send a clear message about the aim to sign the Association Agreement with Ukraine, including a free trade area, reported BC Lithuania's MFA.

• February 6, 2013