Tajikistan' major trade partners are Turkey and China, Avesta.tj reported on Friday. Some 49.1 percent of products, exported from Tajikistan, are supplied to Turkey, while 19.1 percent - account for China.

• June 22, 2012

Russia is planning the evacuation of Russians who are living in Syria. While the Western powers have prevented the confectionary redelivery of three (repaired) old Soviet helicopters to Syria, the country is now filled with modern NATO weapons. After the grouchy joint press conference by Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama is the first serious information about the situation in Syria a message on vedomosti.ru.

• June 22, 2012

Turkey's energy minister, Taner Yildiz, said Friday that the country continues to buy Iranian crude but that it has reduced imports to its main refiner Tupras (TUPRS.IS) by 20%.

• June 22, 2012

Tajik Finance Minister Safarali Nadzhmiddinov and Azerbaijani Ambassador to Dushanbe Abbasali Hasanov discussed the development of bilateral cooperation, Avasta.tj reports.

• June 21, 2012

The Arab League demanded on Thursday that Russia stop supplying arms to Syria, as a regime onslaught of Homs and its surrounds appeared to stall a Red Cross bid to rescue trapped civilians.

• June 21, 2012

Iran has commonly been labeled as a rogue state by Western powers with the country’s pursuit of nuclear power being deemed a threat to global society, and something that must be addressed immediately. While Tehran insists that the development of its nuclear capacity is only for peaceful purposes, the U.S. and its allies fear that Iran is developing nuclear weaponry.

• June 21, 2012

The UN Conference on Sustainable Development began in Rio de Janeiro today, Avesta.Tj reports. For many heads of state and government, this forum will be a platform for various initiatives.

• June 20, 2012

Cyprus will ask Russia for a loan of between €3 billion and €5 billion before the weekend and then request aid from its euro zone partners for its ailing banks, an EU diplomat said.

• June 20, 2012