Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan Ramil Usubov met Wednesday NATO's delegation led by Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons.

• Date: 17.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 18.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from today.az

Foreign diplomats and international organizations are backing a Kyrgyz provisional government decision to proceed with a constitutional referendum in late June, despite the widespread violence in southern Kyrgyzstan.

• Date: 17.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 17.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from eurasianet.org

Israel moves to ease the land blockade of the Gaza Strip and allow more civilian goods to enter the Palestinian territory.

• Date: 17.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 17.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made a surprise visit to Chechnya on Monday after a series of attacks in the troubled North Caucasus region, where the Kremlin is struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency.

• Date: 15.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 16.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from kyivpost.com

Viewed from Washington, Turkey and Iran are strange bedfellows. One is a NATO member with a Constitution that mandates secularism, and the other, an Islamic republic whose nuclear program has been one of the most vexing foreign policy problems for the United States in recent years.

• Date: 14.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.06.2010  |  Energy  |  from wn.com

UN sanctions will not hurt Russia's S-300 missile supplies to Iran nor the states' nuclear cooperation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday after claims the deal would be frozen.

• Date: 11.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.06.2010  |  Security  |  from spacedaily.com

Russian security forces have captured an alleged member of a group of anti-police vigilantes suspected of being behind a series of attacks on police in the far eastern Primorye region.

• Date: 11.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.06.2010  |  Security  |  from Radio Free Europe

Russia and Georgia held tense talks on Tuesday on security and humanitarian issues unresolved since their 2008 war, differing over whether a new agreement is needed on the non-use of force.

• Date: 10.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 10.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com