EU: Iran agrees to nuclear talks
"We have agreed with Iran to launch a new round of talks in Istanbul on 14 April," said Michael Mann, spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. "We are very pleased that these talks, which will address the international community´s concerns on the Iranian nuclear programme, are going ahead after more than one year since we last met," Mann said in a statement.
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan discuss main cooperative focus
Kazakh Minister of Economic Development and Trade Bakytzhan Sagintayev met with Minister of Economy and Antimonopoly Policy of Kyrgyzstan Temir Sariyev in Astana, the Economy Ministry of Kazakhstan said.
India considering return to Iranian gas
India is running an energy deficit and may consider rejoining a natural gas pipeline project from Iran, a senior diplomat said.
Turkey, China sign agreement on peaceful use of atomic energy
Turkey and China has signed on Monday an agreement on use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes, TRT Haber TV Channel reported today.
Speaker of Azerbaijani parliament hopes for Putin to keep on Garabagh conflict settlement
Today Chairman of Azerbaijani Parliament Ogtay Asadov has received Chairman of Russian Federal Assembly’s Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko staying with a visit in Azerbaijan on occasion of 20-year anniversary of Azerbaijani- Russian diplomatic relations.
Obama offers to accept Iran's civilian nuclear programme
President Barack Obama has told Iran the United States would accept Tehran having a civilian nuclear programme if the Islamic state can prove it is not seeking atomic weapons, the Washington Post said Friday. Obama sent such a message to Tehran via Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who delivered it to Iran's Supreme leader Ali Khamenei last week, said the newspaper's foreign affairs columnist David Ignatius.
Why the Comparison Between Chinese and Russian Investment Levels Is Useless
Russia’s level of investment is, and has been for the past decade, far closer to the levels of developed, wealthy countries than to China‘s. I don’t find this to be particularly alarming or surprising for three reasons. First, because Russian investment collapsed so catastrophically during the 1990′s the current levels are actually an improvement: as you can see from that chart, Russian investment has substantially increased from the depths it reached in 1999 and has done so during a time that overall GDP has grown dramatically (the actual expenditures on investment have thus exploded).
Russia's Gazprom bids for Greek utility
Russian gas giant Gazprom has submitted a preliminary bid to purchase the Greek gas corporation DEPA, deputy chairman Alexander Medvedev said Saturday.
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