Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a two-day official visit to Kyrgyzstan on February 1

• Date: 31.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 31.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Turkey has played an increasingly visible role in Arab affairs in recent years, but the country's top diplomat in the United States suggested Friday that the violence in Egypt is an internal matter.

• Date: 29.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 29.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from chron.com

Last year was Japan Year in Turkey, and the occasion for it was the 120th anniversary of a sad event in the history of the Ottoman Empire. Today, Turkish-Japanese relations are moving closer to their true potential. These two countries, located at the western and eastern ends of Asia, are poised to form a strong partnership over the next decade.

• Date: 28.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from todayszaman.com

Belarus and Russia have agreed to cooperate in the construction of a Belarusian nuclear power plant, the head of Russia's nuclear agency, Rosatom, said

• Date: 26.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 26.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from People's Daily

A day after an airport suicide bombing that investigators suspect was organized by Islamic militants, Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin on Tuesday vowed retribution. President Dmitri A. Medvedev lashed out at low-ranking subordinates at the airport for failing to stop the attack. A number of initiatives were announced to prevent future terrorist acts.

• Date: 26.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 26.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from nytimes.com

The European Union is set to receive gas from the Caspian region within ’two to three years’ after a recent visit to Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan produced significant supply pledges, the bloc’s top energy official said Tuesday, Monsters and Critics reported.

• Date: 26.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 26.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from apa.az

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov agreed Monday to further bolster economic relations between their countries, with Tokyo calling for improved investment climate in the East European country and Bulgaria seeking the introduction of Japanese technology.

• Date: 25.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 25.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from mainichi.jp

Six world powers began fresh talks with Iran today in a bid to resolve tensions over its controversial nuclear drive, but the United States warned against building up hopes of a breakthrough.

• Date: 22.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 22.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from nation.co.ke