Azerbaijani gas will be supplied from the Shah Deniz offshore gas condensate field to Europe in 2019, SOCAR Vice-President Elshad Nasirov said at a meeting of the Euronest PA Energy Committee in Baku today.

• Date: 12.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 12.02.2013  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has said he is prepared for immedate talks with Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and the government regarding "constitutional changes and other issues affecting the development of the country."

• Date: 11.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 11.02.2013  |  Markets  |  from rferl.org

Russian authorities reiterated, on January 22, pledges of increased economic engagement with Central Asia. The foreign ministry advocated plans to develop economic and trade ties with the region, while other officials urged the creation of a Russian state corporation that would encourage economic development there (Regnum, January 22).

• Date: 09.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 09.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from jamestown.org

Ukraine doesn't see why it should pay a $7 billion bill from Russia's OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS), Ukraine's energy and coal industry minister said Thursday, Interfax reported.

• Date: 07.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 07.02.2013  |  Energy  |  from capital.gr

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the alliance has no intention of stepping back from its plans to establish a missile-defense system in Europe.

• Date: 06.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 06.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from rferl.org

At the meeting of Ministers for European Affairs in Brussels on 4 February, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Vytautas Leskevicius called on the EU heads of state who will be attending the European Council meeting at the end of this week, to send a clear message about the aim to sign the Association Agreement with Ukraine, including a free trade area, reported BC Lithuania's MFA.

• Date: 06.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 06.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from baltic-course.com

Azerbaijani Minister of Culture and Tourism Ebulfaz Garayev met with Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization Taleb Rifai.

• Date: 04.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 04.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from apa.az

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara has said that the signing of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union this year is quite realistic.

• Date: 04.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 04.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from kyivpost.com