Georgian president holds bilateral meetings in New York
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili held bilateral meetings with the leaders of European states and international organisations within the UN General Assembly session in New York.
President Mukherjee on maiden visit to Kashmir
President Pranab Mukherjee will pay a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir from Wednesday, during which he will attend the University of Kashmir convocation. This will be Mukherjee's maiden visit to the state since he assumed the office of head of the state in July.
UK Military Academy and Azerbaijani Defense Ministry hold joint military trainings
UK Military Academy and Azerbaijani Defense Ministry hold joint military trainings on “Protection management within wide security context” in Baku. Press service of the Ministry told APA that the military servicemen of the Defense Ministry, the representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Security Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Internal Forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Special State Protection as well as the State Protection Service are participating in the trainings.
Tajik, Kyrgyz PMs mull cooperation
Tajikistan highly evaluates the role of the Kyrgyz Parliament in the democratization of the country's society, Asia-Plus reported on Tuesday with reference to Tajik Parliament's lower chamber speaker Shukurdjon Zukhurov as saying.
Georgian prison scandal draws pre-election criticism from Russia
Russia criticised Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's government a week before a parliamentary election in the former Soviet state, saying that a prison abuse scandal raised questions about its ability to protect its citizens' rights.
Ukrainian energy minister pledges smooth energy transit to EU
Ukraine will provide reliable energy transit to the European Union, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Ministry quoted Minister Yuriy Boiko. The minister gave the assurances at the Brussels meeting with European Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger on Friday, September 21. Boiko stressed that Ukraine had created every condition for the uninterrupted transit of Russian gas to Europe.
Iran energy ministry needs $10.6 billion to complete projects
Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou has said that 130 trillion rials (some $10.6 billion) is needed to complete 270 semi-finished projects in the fields of dam and power plant building, water and wastewater treatment.
Uzbekistan, South Korea Boost Ties
Uzbekistan and South Korea have signed a series of co-operation agreements in the areas of energy and industry.
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