Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin had talks in İstanbul on Friday, mainly focusing on the blossoming trade relationship during a one-day trip of the Russian president.

• Date: 03.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 03.12.2012  |  External Relations  |  from todayszaman.com

North Korea is to carry out its second rocket launch of 2012 as its youthful leader Kim Jong-un flexes his muscles a year after his father's death, in a move that will likely heighten diplomatic tensions and draw criticism from Washington.

• Date: 01.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 01.12.2012  |  External Relations  |  from thestar.com.my

Russia is not delivering "destabilizing weapons" to Syria, even though there was no UN embargo in place, said the head of Russia's Presidential Administration on Friday.

• Date: 01.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 01.12.2012  |  External Relations  |  from mod.gov.cn

Turkey will press Russian President Vladimir Putin next week to cooperate in engineering as rapid an end as possible to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's rule and try to assuage his fears Moscow could lose out after Assad's departure.

• Date: 30.11.2012  |  Published on EGF: 30.11.2012  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

Russian-Iranian consultations on the Caspian Sea problems were held at the Russian Foreign Ministry on Nov. 29, the ministry's website reported. The Russian delegation was headed by the Special Representative of the Russian Federation's President, Ambassador-at-Large Igor Bratchikov, while the Iranian delegation was led by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Mehdi Akhundzadeh.

• Date: 30.11.2012  |  Published on EGF: 30.11.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Kyrgyzstan and Russia will sign five cooperation agreements, including memorandum on opening of a Russian bank in Kyrgyzstan.

• Date: 28.11.2012  |  Published on EGF: 28.11.2012  |  External Relations  |  from eng.24.kg

BP and Gazprom are reportedly in “early” talks about extending the Nord Stream pipeline which could pump Russian gas directly to the UK by 2016. BP’s Director for Russia David Peattie told the Daily Mail the deal could be signed in the middle of next year.

• Date: 26.11.2012  |  Published on EGF: 26.11.2012  |  Energy  |  from rt.com

Intensive business contacts are positively affecting the trade and economic cooperation between Belarus and Azerbaijan, Belarusian ambassador to Azerbaijan Nikolai Paskevich said today.

• Date: 20.11.2012  |  Published on EGF: 20.11.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az