Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambaev arrives in Moscow today on a three-day working visit. Strengthening ties, especially in business, is expected to top the agenda during the Kyrgyz leader's visit.

• February 24, 2012

Russia threw its weight behind ex-Soviet ally Belarus on Friday, urging the United States and the European Union not to introduce new economic sanctions against Minsk over human rights concerns.

• February 24, 2012

Minister for Europe David Lidington has updated Parliament on the UK's plans to engage with the Central Asian countries, 20 years on from their independence from the Soviet Union.

• February 23, 2012

During a visit to Tashkent earlier this week, Transport Minister Aivis Ronis urged Uzbek authorities to make more use of Latvian ports and logistics infrastructure services, including investments into these areas, and to expand the cooperation with Latvia by securing freight flows to and from Afghanistan, the Transport Ministry informed Nozare.lv.

• February 23, 2012

Aktobe province has great investment opportunities, and participation of more than 80 representatives of the Azerbaijani business at the business forum held in Baku on Thursday confirms their great interest in Kazakhstan's economy, president of Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) Adil Mammadov said on Thursday.

• February 23, 2012

Russia has warned a strike against Iran could have "catastrophic" consequences and urged leaders not to rush into any conclusions after this week's failed mission by UN nuclear experts.

• February 22, 2012

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai on the eve of Nowruz holiday will pay a visit to Tajikistan. The sides will discuss economic development of Afghanistan at a meeting of presidents of three countries to be held in Dushanbe, Mehr quoted Tajik Ambassador in Tehran Dovletali Khatamov as telling reporters on Wednesday.

• February 22, 2012

KAZINFORM Today Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev has received Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Omurbek Babanov, the President's press service reports.

• February 22, 2012