ISSUE #33
08/27/2012
On 21 August 2012, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said that, following the entry into force of a free trade area agreement within the CIS, Kiev is planning to start negotiations on access to the Russian gas transport system and possible transport of natural gas from Central Asia to Ukraine through Russia's system. Azarov said that such steps are envisaged by the agreement on free trade area, which allows launching negotiations on access to the gas transport system immediately after the agreement comes into force and reaching agreement on Ukraine's access to the “pipe” within six months. READ MORE

• September 3, 2012

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will visit Paris in September 3, FM spokesman Elman Abdullayev said at a press briefing on Saturday.

• September 1, 2012

Chinese Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Ma Zhaoxu underlined his country's principled policy of coexistence with all the world nations, and strongly condemned unilateral sanctions against Iran, Fars reported.

• September 1, 2012

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised North Korea's "anti-west" position, saying Tehran and Pyongyang have common enemy, Fars News Agency reported on September 1.

• September 1, 2012

Baku has hosted a meeting of the Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan Friendship Society named after Heydar Aliyev. The event was organised by the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Baku and is timed to coincide with the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

• August 31, 2012

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during the 16th Summit of Heads of States and Governments of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Tehran, the Turkmen government said on Friday.

• August 31, 2012

European Union Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger will travel to Azerbaijan on 1-2 September, EU office in Baku reported on Friday.

• August 31, 2012

Azerbaijan`s President Ilham Aliyev has today received President of TeliaSonera Lars Nyberg. Lars Nyberg praised dynamic development of the information and communications technology sector in Azerbaijan.

• August 30, 2012