Belarus and Azerbaijan have agreed to intensify cooperation in investment.

To this end, on 19 December in Minsk, cooperation memorandums were signed at the Belarusian-Azerbaijani business forum, BELTA reports.

• December 20, 2012

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin signed a joint actions plan for 2013-2015, the Kazakh presidential press-service reported.

• December 20, 2012

Iranian delegation headed by Petroleum Minister Rostam Ghasemi is scheduled to visit Turkmenistan in the near future in order to hold talks on issues of mutual interest.

• December 19, 2012

The political situation in Kyrgyzstan has worsened in the light of problems occuring with electricity and gas supplies in the country.

• December 19, 2012

The United Arab Emirates is interested in strengthening economic cooperation with Azerbaijan, UAE Economy Minister Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri said at the fourth meeting of the Higher Economic Cooperation Council of Azerbaijan and the UAE, Al-Ittihad news agency reported.

• December 19, 2012

ISSUE #49
12/18/2012
On 13 December 2012, the European Parliament issued a resolution calling on the Ukrainian authorities to respect and implement the final rulings of the European Court of Human Rights on the cases of Yuliya Tymoshenko and Yuriy Lutsenko. It also said Ukraine needed to reform its judiciary and improve its electoral legislation. READ MORE

• December 19, 2012

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon held a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Redjep Tayyip Erdogan during his official visit to Turkey, Avesta.Tj reported on Tuesday.

• December 18, 2012

Iran and Turkmenistan today have signed a gas-for-equipment barter deal, Fars reported citing Iranian diplomatic sources. Previously it has been reported that Iran is in debt for about $1 billion to Turkmenistan for gas imports, and is working out on a deal to offer its Central Asian neighbor other commodities, instead of money.

• December 18, 2012