Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said “Russia and Kyrgyzstan are interested in suppression of Afghan threats” after meeting with Kyrgyz counterpart Ruslan Kazakbaev

• Date: 29.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 29.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from 24.kg

US Congressman Jim Moran has said that Armenia's Metsamor nuclear power station does not meet modern safety standards.

• Date: 29.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 29.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from news.az

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday sent an Iran-made two-seat airplane to Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov who is here to attend the celebrations for International Day of Nowruz, the semi- official Fars news agency reported.

• Date: 28.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from People's Daily

Even for a country known for completing massive infrastructure projects with frightening speed, China's nuclear-power-plant building spree boggles the mind.

• Date: 28.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from time.com

Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbayev will visit Moscow on March 27-28 to discuss bilateral ties between Russia and Kyrgyzstan with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, a spokesman for the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry said

• Date: 27.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 27.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from apa.az

Future prospects for cooperation between China and Kazakhstan were high on the agenda during President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s visit to Beijing on February 21. This overshadowed all other complicated and long-drawn out issues like the water sharing on Ili and Irtysh Rivers, on which a preliminary agreement was reached and the talks on Transborder Rivers, as it was disclosed to journalists, will be finalized during the trip by the Chinese President, Hu Jintao, to Kazakhstan scheduled for June.

• Date: 24.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 24.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from jamestown.org

Thermal coal producers in Asia Pacific are likely to feel some short-term financial impact from Japan's recent earthquake and tsunami, according to Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.

• Date: 24.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 24.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from commodityonline.com

Expressing support for Iran's right to peaceful use of nuclear energy 'consistent with their international obligations', India has called for intensification of efforts to address the Iranian nuclear issue through peaceful dialogue.

• Date: 23.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 23.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from sify.com