The Russian Defense Ministry will not allocate funds for the 201st Russian military base (RMB) in Tajikistan, head of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Nikolai Makarov said, Avesta.Tj reported with reference to Russian media.

• Date: 03.07.2012  |  Published on EGF: 03.07.2012  |  Energy  |  from en.trend.az

NATO highly appreciates Azerbaijan's contribution to Afghanistan, Romanian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, coordinating cooperation between Azerbaijan and NATO, Daniel Christian Ciobanu, told journalists on Monday.

• Date: 02.07.2012  |  Published on EGF: 02.07.2012  |  External Relations  |  from today.az

Turkish President Abdullah Gul has invited Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov to visit Turkey, the Turkmen government said on Monday.
It was said during a telephone conversation between the two heads of states.

• Date: 02.07.2012  |  Published on EGF: 02.07.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Acting Minister of Oil and Gas Industry and Mineral Resources of Turkmenistan Kakageldi Abdyllayev announced Turkmenistan's official position on the disputed oil fields in the Caspian Sea in an interview with state agency Turkmen Dovlet Khabarlary (TDH) on Friday evening.

• Date: 30.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 30.06.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

The negotiations on cooperation between Nabucco West and Trans Anatolian gas pipeline (TANAP) will be started this summer, Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH Managing Director, Reinhard Mitschek said during a conference call on Friday.

• Date: 29.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 29.06.2012  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

South Korea postponed on Friday the signing with Japan of an agreement to share sensitive military information in the face of anger over a pact with a former colonial ruler that critics say was negotiated behind the scenes.

• Date: 29.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 29.06.2012  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi during his visit to Astana met with his Kazakh counterpart Yerzhan Kazykhanov, IRNA reported. The sides discussed the processes in the region, particularly in Syria and Afghanistan, including the fate of the project of the UN-Arab League special representative Kofi Annan to overcome crisis in Syria.

• Date: 27.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 27.06.2012  |  External Relations  |  from en.trend.az

The Turkmen Foreign Ministry has held talks with the EU delegation head by newly appointed EU Ambassador to Ashgabat Aurelia Bouchez, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry told Trend.

• Date: 26.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 26.06.2012  |  External Relations  |  from en.trend.az