Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Iran must take part in a proposed international conference to end Syria's civil war, but that Western states wanted to limit the participants and possibly predetermine the outcome of the talks.

• Date: 17.05.2013  |  Published on EGF: 17.05.2013  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

Yesterday, May 15, the second meeting of the Dialogue on Trade Issues, established in accordance with the "Memorandum on cooperation in trade between the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine" was held in Kyiv.

• Date: 16.05.2013  |  Published on EGF: 16.05.2013  |  External Relations  |  from for-ua.com

According to the Russian media, the subject of talks will be the situation in Syria, which recently has been discussed in Russia by British Prime Minister James Cameron as well

• Date: 15.05.2013  |  Published on EGF: 15.05.2013  |  External Relations  |  from abc.az

A special investigative group has been established to look into the circumstances surrounding the brief war between Georgia and Russia in August 2008.

• Date: 14.05.2013  |  Published on EGF: 14.05.2013  |  Security  |  from rferl.org

Mixed messages regarding the potential release of the remaining political prisoners have been coming out of Belarus and from those monitoring the domestic situation in that country.

• Date: 10.05.2013  |  Published on EGF: 10.05.2013  |  Markets  |  from jamestown.org

Israel has asked Russia not to sell Syria an advanced air defence system that would help President Bashar al-Assad fend off foreign military intervention as he battles a more than two-year-old rebellion, Israeli officials said on Thursday.

• Date: 10.05.2013  |  Published on EGF: 10.05.2013  |  Security  |  from bdlive.co.za

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has warned the sale of sophisticated surface-to-air Russian missiles to Syria would be "potentially destabilizing" for the region.

• Date: 10.05.2013  |  Published on EGF: 10.05.2013  |  Security  |  from rferl.org

Israel has asked Russia not to sell Syria an advanced air defense system which would help President Bashar al-Assad fend off foreign military intervention as he battles a more than two-year-old rebellion, Israeli officials said on Thursday.

• Date: 09.05.2013  |  Published on EGF: 09.05.2013  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com