Pakistani hardline party Jamaat-e-Islami's (JI) chief Azad Kashmir Abdur Rasheed Turrabi has said the discussions between Pakistan and India would not be proved fruitful until the latter took serious steps towards resolution of Kashmir issue.

• Date: 31.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 31.12.2012  |  Energy  |  from yahoo.com

Around 135,000 tons of liquefied gas has been extracted and supplied to consumers in Turkmenistan since early 2012. The main volume is intended for export, the Turkmen Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said on Thursday.

• Date: 29.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 29.12.2012  |  Energy  |  from oananews.org

The construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad, also known as the Iron Silk Road, is expected to be completed in 2013. The railway, which is planned to have an initial yearly carrying capacity of 1.5 million passengers and 3 million tons of cargo, will pave the way for Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia to achieve better economic integration.

• Date: 29.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 29.12.2012  |  Energy  |  from todayszaman.com

Ukraine's national oil and gas stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy has signed an agreement with China Development Bank Corporation for $3.656 billion under state guarantee for projects involving the replacement of gas with coal, Deputy Prime Minister Yuriy Boiko's press service announced Tuesday evening.

• Date: 29.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 29.12.2012  |  Energy  |  from kyivpost.com

Russia and China are starting construction work on the second stage of the Tianwan nuclear power plant, Russian officials said on Thursday.

• Date: 27.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 27.12.2012  |  Energy  |  from rian.ru

Russia is seeking to revive last summer's peace plan for Syria in talks with a senior Syrian diplomat and an international envoy, according to Moscow's foreign ministry.

• Date: 27.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 27.12.2012  |  External Relations  |  from onenewspage.co.uk

India and Russia signed on Monday a dozen accords in New Delhi in such areas as defense – with the delivery to India of war materiel worth some $3 billion – and the promotion of direct investment between the two countries.

• Date: 25.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 25.12.2012  |  External Relations  |  from laht.com

Russia and India signed weapons deals worth billions of dollars today as president Vladimir Putin sought to further boost ties with an old ally

• Date: 24.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 24.12.2012  |  External Relations  |  from independent.co.uk