Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday welcomes Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev for energy talks after Kiev opened a rift with the EU by jailing ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
The two leaders are scheduled to meet in the Ukrainian leader's industrial power base of Donetsk for a summit on regional cooperation but energy is expected to top the agenda.

• October 18, 2011

The second meeting of the Inter-parliamentary Commission on Cooperation between the Majilis (lower chamber) of the Kazakh Parliament and Parliament of Kyrgyzstan will be held in Bishkek on Oct.20-21, Majilis of Kazakhstan said on Tuesday.

• October 18, 2011

An International Monetary Fund official says the Belarusian government must show a firm commitment to stability and reforms in order to qualify for IMF loans.

• October 17, 2011

KAZINFORM /Ruslan Suleimenov/ On the threshold of the state visit of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev to Vietnam Kazinform had an exclusive interview with President of Vietnam Truong Tan Sang.

• October 17, 2011

European members of the UN Security Council have clashed with Russia and China by raising concerns about Syria and the looming specter of civil war during a closed-door meeting, council diplomats said.

• October 17, 2011

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Andrei Ivanovich Denisov, likes to see the world in a dialectical way, perceiving the linkage of its social and political developments. According to him, the present historical period, which began after the outbreak of the recent global crisis in 2009, is a time of upheavals and subsequent instability. Consequently, the role of diplomacy now is to minimize the possible negative impact of political instability taking place at the global level and to look for less conflict-ridden international relations.
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• October 17, 2011

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin agreed Friday to enhance energy cooperation between the two countries, sharing the view that bilateral economic ties have been deepening recently, the Foreign Ministry said.

• October 15, 2011

Colombia sees various opportunities in getting closer to Azerbaijan by fostering collaboration in all range of spheres, from trade intensification, energy collaboration, exchange of experience in infrastructure and railway system to developing of academic and cultural ties.

• October 15, 2011