Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in the Kuril Islands on Monday on the first visit by a Russian leader to territory at the heart of a decades-long dispute with Japan.

• Date: 01.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 01.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from france24.com

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will sign agreements to help build Vietnam`s first nuclear power plant and a hydroelectric power station during a visit to the Soviet-era ally starting on Saturday, Kremlin sources said.

• Date: 30.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 30.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from antaranews.com

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed Asian leaders gathered in Hanoi to resolve their maritime disputes through international legal channels, repeating a U.S. position that has raised China's ire in recent months.

• Date: 30.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 30.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from wsj.com

Sino-Japanese relations have continued to fester in the wake of a sharp dispute last month over the arrest of a Chinese trawler captain by Japanese authorities in waters near the contested islets of Diaoyu (known as Senkaku in Japan) in the East China Sea. Faced with Chinese retaliation, the Japanese government released the captain, but tensions remain.

• Date: 29.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 29.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from wsws.org

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev on Thursday has ended his official visit to Ukraine.

• Date: 29.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 29.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Gorbachev has valuable advice for the US on the war in Afghanistan that Putin would rather he keep to himself

• Date: 28.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 28.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from guardian.co.uk

Parliaments of Belarus and Tajikistan intend to sign an agreement on cooperation

• Date: 28.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 28.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Nato officials explore joint initiatives ahead of landmark alliance summit, which is to include President Medvedev

• Date: 27.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 27.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from guardian.co.uk