Ukraine's joining a free trade area with the European Union will depend on greater flexibility and a readiness for a compromise with EU member states, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said.

• Date: 22.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 22.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from interfax.com.ua

Bulgaria has confirmed its interest in buying natural gas from Turkmenistan, as well as its commitment to facilitate gas exports, the Economy Ministry said in a statement

• Date: 21.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 21.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from sofiaecho.com

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed prospects for further cooperation within the EurAsEC framework, the pace of formation of the Customs Union, as well as a range of regional problems, including the situation in Central Asia, aide of the Russian president Sergei Prikhodko said speaking about a meeting of the two countries’ leaders held on Friday.

• Date: 19.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 19.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from itar-tass.com

NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai’s first visits to Tbilisi and Yerevan that were scheduled for next week were postponed due to developments in the North Africa.

• Date: 19.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 19.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

The possibility of sending Turkmen gas supplies to Bulgaria was discussed at a Turkmen-Bulgarian intergovernmental economic cooperation commission meeting that is underway in Sofia on March 16-19, Bulgarian media outlets reported on Friday.

• Date: 18.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 18.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

Russia on Thursday weighed alternatives for its ambitious South Stream gas pipeline project amid reports that Turkey was purposely delaying its approval of the route through its Black Sea waters.

• Date: 18.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 18.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from france24.com

Russian delegation, headed by Director of the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation Anatoly Kuznetsov, will arrive in the capital of Kyrgyzstan on a working visit. During two-day visit, Kyrgyz and Russian parties are going to discuss topical issues, related to labour migration from Kyrgyzstan to Russia, reported press-service of Ministry of Labor, Employment and Migration.

• Date: 16.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 16.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from 24.kg

The secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Nikolai Bordyuzha, will visit Tajikistan on March 14-18, the Central Asian country's Foreign Ministry said.

• Date: 14.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 14.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from rian.ru