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World powers to discuss Iran nuclear program at UN next week
Foreign ministers of EU 3 + 3 planning to meet next week at UN to assess situation, figure out way to break standstill in negotiations over Islamic Republic's nuclear program.
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Putin Starts Kazakh Visit
Russian President Vladimir Putin has started a visit to Kazakhstan, where he is due to meet with his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbaev and attend a forum on interregional cooperation in the northeastern Kazakh city of Pavlodar.
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EU's Catherine Ashton to meet Iran nuclear negotiator
EU foreign affairs representative Catherine Ashton is to hold talks with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, in a bid to end the stand-off over the Iranian nuclear programme.
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S. Korean, U.S. nuclear envoys to hold talks in Washington this week
South Korea's top nuclear envoy left for Washington on Tuesday for talks on North Korean nuclear issues, amid reports of progress in the North's light-water reactor project that experts say may help expand the North's nuclear weapons capacity.
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Uzbek president to make state visit to S. Korea
Uzbek President Islam Karimov will make a state visit to South Korea this week for talks with President Lee Myung-bak about boosting economic cooperation between the two countries, the presidential office said Tuesday.
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UN Nuclear Watchdog to Hold More Talks with Iran
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will hold further talks with Iran to allay international concern over its disputed nuclear program, despite the lack of cooperation from Tehran so far, the UN watchdog's chief said on Monday.
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EU energy chief hopes for smooth solution to Gazprom spat
The European Commission is holding intensive talks with Russia and expects to reach a compromise on a legal dispute between the bloc and its biggest gas provider, while avoiding disruption to energy supplies, the bloc's energy commissioner said on Monday.
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North Korea lacks rich relation in Russia
When people discuss the international dimension of the North Korean issue, Russia is always bound to feature prominently. Indeed, Russia is a great power, a member of the Group of Eight, and a neighbor of North Korea. It is usually assumed as well that Russia has numerous strategic interests in the area going back decades, even centuries.
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