Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev will visit Malaysia and Indonesia in mid-April, Kazakh Foreign Ministry's spokesman Altai Abibullayev said at the briefing in Astana on Wednesday, Kazinform reported.

• April 11, 2012

Today Chairman of Azerbaijani Parliament Ogtay Asadov has received Chairman of Russian Federal Assembly’s Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko staying with a visit in Azerbaijan on occasion of 20-year anniversary of Azerbaijani- Russian diplomatic relations.

• April 9, 2012

Turkey and China has signed on Monday an agreement on use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes, TRT Haber TV Channel reported today.

• April 9, 2012

India is running an energy deficit and may consider rejoining a natural gas pipeline project from Iran, a senior diplomat said.

• April 9, 2012

Kazakh Minister of Economic Development and Trade Bakytzhan Sagintayev met with Minister of Economy and Antimonopoly Policy of Kyrgyzstan Temir Sariyev in Astana, the Economy Ministry of Kazakhstan said.

• April 9, 2012

"We have agreed with Iran to launch a new round of talks in Istanbul on 14 April," said Michael Mann, spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. "We are very pleased that these talks, which will address the international community´s concerns on the Iranian nuclear programme, are going ahead after more than one year since we last met," Mann said in a statement.

• April 9, 2012

Turkey is negotiating with three countries on three different models to build nuclear power plants, the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey Taner Yildiz, Anatolia agency reports on Tuesday.

• April 9, 2012

Russian gas giant Gazprom has submitted a preliminary bid to purchase the Greek gas corporation DEPA, deputy chairman Alexander Medvedev said Saturday.

• April 7, 2012