Kazakhstan's ambassador to Belarus says state-affiliated Kazakh oil firms are interested in obtaining ownership stakes in Belarusian oil refineries.

• March 27, 2012

Tajikistan aims to secure natural gas supplies from Turkmenistan to avert a worsening fuel shortage as its traditional supplier prepares to stop pumping from next week, a high-ranking Tajik government representative told Reuters on Wednesday.

• March 27, 2012

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon called for more cooperation during their summit in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe.

• March 26, 2012

President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych met with Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov on Monday, according to Ukrinform.

• March 26, 2012

Uzbekistan says it will halt natural gas deliveries to its energy-starved neighbor, Tajikistan, starting next month.

• March 26, 2012

A Turkmen delegation has recently visited Washington, which on behalf of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov took part in political consultations between Turkmenistan and the United States, during which a mechanism for enhancing bilateral cooperation was worked out, the Turkmen government said on Saturday.

• March 24, 2012

Halfway into an ambitious four-year effort to safeguard nuclear materials from terrorists, President Barack Obama and other world leaders are lagging behind their self-imposed goals and facing renewed threats from Iran and North Korea. They're giving themselves a checkup at next week's summit in the South Korean capital, Seoul.

• March 24, 2012

Many Estonians view the philanthropy of the Russian state in their country as a deliberate effort to gain influence by creating ethnic divisions.

• March 24, 2012