ISSUE #26
07/09/2012
On 12 July 2012, President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will chair the fifth meeting of the Ukrainian-Russian Intergovernmental Commission. The meeting will be held in Yalta, Crimea. READ MORE

• July 13, 2012

A package of bilateral agreements was signed within Tajik President Emomali Rahmon’s visit to Azerbaijan. President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan have signed joint statement of Presidents.

• July 12, 2012

A Tajikistan-Korea business forum took place in Yeosu, South Korea on July 11, Asia-Plus reported on Thursday.

• July 12, 2012

Tajikistan is demanding no less than $250 million a year from Russia for the lease of a military base on its territory, Kommersant reported on Thursday, citing an unnamed source. Russia and Tajikistan are reportedly having difficulties agreeing on terms for the base's lease, which is due to expire in 2014. Russia currently has 7,000 military personnel stationed at the base.

• July 12, 2012

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has today left his country an official visit to Azerbaijan, according to the press service of the state.

• July 11, 2012

Russian President expressed readiness to shift to “a new, mutually beneficial partnership level” with Kyrgyzstan. “Today I am asking you to report on prospect projects with Commonwealth partners, including possibilities of shifting to a new mutually beneficial partnership with countries, for example, with Kyrgyzstan,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday at the session of the Commission on Fuel and Energy Complex and Environmental Security.

• July 11, 2012

Russia and Kazakhstan are set to sign an agreement by the end of this year on the creation of a joint regional air defense system. The documents are ready and currently being agreed on at presidential administrations of the two states, Kazakh Air Defense Chief Nurzhan Mukanov told journalists on Wednesday, reports Itar-Tass.

• July 11, 2012

On Tuesday, Defense Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Adilbek Dzhaksybekov met with United States Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus.

• July 10, 2012