A Chinese navy vessel aimed a type of radar normally used to aim weapons at a target at a Japanese navy ship in the East China Sea, prompting Japan to protest, Japan's defense minister said on Tuesday, an action that could complicate efforts to cool tension in a territorial row between the rivals.

• Date: 05.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 05.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

Iran has announced it will hold talks with world powers over its nuclear programme, in the first sign of diplomatic movement since last year to try to settle the international impasse

• Date: 04.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 04.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from bdlive.co.za

Azerbaijani Minister of Culture and Tourism Ebulfaz Garayev met with Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization Taleb Rifai.

• Date: 04.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 04.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from apa.az

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara has said that the signing of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union this year is quite realistic.

• Date: 04.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 04.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from kyivpost.com

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held his first direct talks with Syria's opposition leader in Germany on Saturday, amid a renewed global push to iron out sharp differences over how to end the conflict in Syria.

• Date: 02.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 02.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from bangkokpost.com

Turkmen Balkan freighter with capacity of 3.500 tons renovated in the Volga-Caspian shipyard in Astrakhan was returned to Turkmenbashi port, Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper said.

• Date: 02.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 02.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from oananews.org

If Moscow goes to the Stockholm court to settle its $7-billion claim to Ukraine for the gas Kyiv failed to buy under the existing contract, Ukraine may set up a counter-claim for the gas Moscow failed to pump via Ukraine, Mykhailo Honchar, energy expert , and Maksim Alinov, legal expert

• Date: 02.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 02.02.2013  |  Energy  |  from zik.ua

President Dalia Grybauskaite and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen discussed the overall implementation of NATO's plans to defend the Baltic States, reported BC the presidential press service.

• Date: 01.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 01.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from baltic-course.com