Iranian ambassador to Kazakhstan Gurban Seyfi met with the Kazakh Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Gulsara Abdykalikova. At the meeting the ambassador expressed his country's willingness to send labor force to Kazakhstan, Iranian MEHR news agency reported.

• Date: 12.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 12.02.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Crisis talks between Russia and Japan over four Pacific islands ended in acrimonious failure Friday when Tokyo reaffirmed its claim on the chain and Moscow accused its neighbour of extreme behaviour.

• Date: 12.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 12.02.2011  |  External Relations  |  from Yahoo! news

The top diplomats of Russia and Japan will hold tense talks Friday amid a bitter war of words over a chain of disputed islands claimed by the Soviet army at the end of World War II.

• Date: 11.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.02.2011  |  External Relations  |  from france24.com

On the last day of January, a crowd of 600 gathered in sub-zero temperatures on Moscow's Triumph Square and began to chant "Freedom! Freedom!" and call for the resignation of Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

• Date: 11.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.02.2011  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

The EU's new partnerships with energy-rich Central Asian countries do not threaten Russian gas sales to Europe, the EU's energy commissioner says.

• Date: 11.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.02.2011  |  Energy  |  from bbc.co.uk

Lithuania hopes for Azerbaijan in solving problems with providing country with gas, the Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Irena Degutene said in Baku

• Date: 11.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.02.2011  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

Japan is closely monitoring stepped-up activity by Russia's military near disputed islands, Japan's chief spokesman said on Thursday after Moscow said it would deploy new weapons to the area.

• Date: 10.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 10.02.2011  |  External Relations  |  from Yahoo! news

Russia is actively working to participate in the construction of nuclear power plants in Egypt, Jordan, Bangladesh and other countries, First Vice President of Atomstroiexport Alexander Dybov told Russia's Itar-Tass news agency after signing a contract with Ukraine's Energoatom on designing reactors for nuclear power plant in Khmelnitsky.

• Date: 10.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 10.02.2011  |  Energy  |  from bernama.com