Iran is optimistic that talks in Baghdad next month will make progress toward resolving its nuclear dispute with world powers, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Monday.

• Date: 23.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 23.04.2012  |  Energy  |  from uk.reuters.com

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is in Tajikistan for talks with President Emomali Rahmon and other Tajik government officials.

• Date: 23.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 23.04.2012  |  Energy  |  from rferl.org

India and Iran have had a long relationship stretching back to ancient times. Iranian (or Persian) influence has produced a deep imprint upon Indian art, poetry, architecture and literature. With periodic invasions, military adventures and constant cross-migrations between the two empires, the people of Iran and northern India share many cultural and ethnic characteristics.

• Date: 21.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 21.04.2012  |  Energy  |  from ibtimes.com

“Azerbaijan shares the concern of the international community on increasing nuclear threats and risks.

• Date: 21.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 21.04.2012  |  Energy  |  from en.apa.az

Turkish state-owned company EÜAŞ and Canada's Candu have signed an agreement today to build nuclear power plant in Turkey TRT Haber TV channel said on Friday.

• Date: 20.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 20.04.2012  |  Energy  |  from en.trend.az

The decision by the National Commission on regulation the energy sector to give equal access to Ukraine’s gas-pipelines and underground reservoirs to private companies is bad news for Russia’s Gazprom and actually makes senseless the talks on creating a bilateral consortium between Russia and Ukraine Komersant-Ukrayiny reports Apr. 21.

• Date: 20.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 20.04.2012  |  Energy  |  from zik.ua

Japan and Ukraine will join their efforts in liquidation of the consequences of nuclear disasters. The respective Resolution on Deepening the Relations with Ukraine has been unanimously approved by the House of Representatives of the National Diet of Japan (the bicameral legislative body of the country).

• Date: 18.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 17.04.2012  |  Energy  |  from bizjournals.com

Ukraine has offered to supply electricity to Lithuania, Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov has said, www.interfax.com.ua reports.

• Date: 14.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 14.04.2012  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com