Turkmen natural gas is being supplied to Iran on the basis of existing long term contracts, Turkmengaz state concern said on Friday.

• November 16, 2012

The fortieth meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly (PA) of the Organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) will be held in Baku on Nov. 27-28. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and chairman of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Cemil Cicek will attend, a diplomatic source told Trend today.

• November 16, 2012

Georgian Energy and Natural Resources Minister Kakha Kaladze met with his Turkish counterpart Taner Yildiz in Turkey.

• November 16, 2012

Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Igor Morgulov met with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi in Moscow yesterday, the Russian Foreign Ministry's website reported on Thursday.

• November 15, 2012

NATO is preparing a program for the development and reconstruction of Afghanistan after 2014, said in the NATO headquarters in Brussels.

• November 15, 2012

Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs of USA Philip Gordon will arrive in Georgia on Thursday night.

• November 15, 2012

A Snapshot of Key Developments in the External Relations of the Russian Gas Sector
By Jack Sharples, EGF Associate Researcher on the external dimensions of Russian gas

Key points:

• Lithuania files a €1.5bn ($2bn) lawsuit against Gazprom, claiming the Russian company has abused its position as monopoly gas exporter to Lithuania since 2004
• RWE Transgas wins a landmark case against Gazprom, as it refuses to pay fines for breaking the ‘take-or-pay’ clauses in its gas supply contract
• Naftogaz reaches an agreement with Germany’s RWE Trading for trial gas supplies via Poland
• Gazprom officially launches the second line of Nord Stream, and announces plans for two additional lines
• South Stream gets the green light to be realised on the territories of Serbia and Hungary, with similar developments expected in relation to Bulgaria and Slovenia in November
• Gazprom confirms the development of the Chayandinskoe gas field and related pipeline infrastructure as part of its plan to increase LNG exports to the Asia-Pacific region
• Gazprom signs a contract for LNG supplies to India and announces an increase in its LNG supplies to South Korea
• Gazprom officially launches gas production at the Bovanenkovo gas field, as part of its Yamal Megaproject
• Rosneft cements its role in Russia’s gas sector, but supports Gazprom’s continued export monopoly

• November 15, 2012

Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi said on Wednesday that Iran has stopped importing natural gas from Turkmenistan, the Mehr News Agency reported.

• November 14, 2012