China said on Monday that the United Nations Security Council needed to pass a cautious resolution on North Korea's December rocket launch, saying that was the way to ensure regional tensions do not escalate further.

• Date: 21.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2013  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

Ashgabat hosted a meeting of the interdepartmental commission of Turkmenistan on the Caspian Sea, which defined near-term tasks, "Turkmen Dovlet Khabarlary" state news service reported on Monday.

• Date: 21.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2013  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

The Indian government has said that it will not rush into talks with Pakistan over the recent military tensions at the international border in the disputed territory of Kashmir even as ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi Friday made it clear that the country's dialogue with its immediate neighbors must be based on the accepted principles of civilized behavior.

• Date: 19.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 19.01.2013  |  External Relations  |  from xinhuanet.com

Armenian Defence Minister Seyran Ohanyan would not mind hosting a Russian radar station on its territory, News-Armenia reported.

• Date: 18.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 18.01.2013  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

U.N. inspectors failed again in talks in Tehran this week to secure a breakthrough deal on Iran's atomic activity in a setback for diplomatic efforts to resolve the nuclear dispute with the Islamic state peacefully.

• Date: 18.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 18.01.2013  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

The IAEA delegation has arrived in Tehran early this morning, led by the deputy director general of the agency, Herman Nackaerts, ISNA reported.

• Date: 16.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 16.01.2013  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Turkey has announced a tender among companies importing electricity in the country to increase the electricity supply from Iran by existing available electric power facilities, the statement published on the website of Turkey's Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) said.

• Date: 16.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 16.01.2013  |  Energy  |  from topnews.az

In a press conference for local and foreign media on Tuesday, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said that his country has no stereotyped policies towards Latvia and Lithuania, and that Minsk is prepared to cooperate if these countries have a ''respectful attitude'' towards Belarus

• Date: 16.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 16.01.2013  |  External Relations  |  from baltic-course.com