Ambassador Akitaka Saiki took over as Japan’s envoy to India in early March 2011. Though the eminent diplomat has a distinguished career spanning about 35 years, it is the first time he has been given the task of managing Japan’s relations with India.

• June 14, 2011

Talks on visa regime facilitation between Azerbaijan and the European Union will begin in the near future, Head of EU Delegation, Ambassador Roland Kobia told journalists on Tuesday.

• June 14, 2011

Russia is voicing concern about a U.S. warship now just off its shores in the Black Sea.

• June 13, 2011

SENIOR US officials have warned that the Fukushima nuclear emergency is far more serious than the Japanese government has acknowledged, as America moves to bolster Japan's faltering response and avoid a full-scale meltdown.

• June 13, 2011

The United States Navy intercepted a North Korean ship it suspected of carrying missile technology to Myanmar two weeks ago and, after a standoff at sea and several days of diplomatic pressure from Washington and Asia nations, forced the vessel to return home, according to several senior American officials.

• June 13, 2011

Issue 6: May 2011

A Snapshot Of Key Developments In The External Relations Of The Russian Gas Sector

The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, seems to be optimistic about the possibility of obtaining Russian credits to rescue the Belarusian economy. On May 17, he stated that Moscow was ready to lend Minsk $6 billion in 2011. However, the Kremlin responded by suggesting that it will only lend $1 billion and that even this amount will only be possible in combination with the sale of a number of Belarusian assets, notably a 50 percent stake in Beltransgas. Gazprom already holds a 50 percent stake in the company. READ MORE

• June 13, 2011

Chinese President Hu Jintao said Friday that China is willing to work with Kazakhstan to achieve new progress in bilateral ties.

• June 11, 2011

Bulgarian Energy Minister Traicho Traikov met on Thursday with his Turkish counterpart Taner Yildiz in Kayseri, Turkey, where they took part in the signing of the Project Support Agreements (PSAs) between Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH and the responsible ministries of the pipeline's five transit countries.

• June 11, 2011