U.S. envoy to visit Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake Jr. will leave on Monday for Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to engage in bilateral consultations, the State Department said on Sunday.
Iran proceeding with plans to sell petrol, diesel to Armenia
A senior Iranian oil official has announced that the country is to export 1.5 million litres of petrol and diesel per day to Armenia.
Iran wants to send labor force to Kazakhstan
Iranian ambassador to Kazakhstan Gurban Seyfi met with the Kazakh Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Gulsara Abdykalikova. At the meeting the ambassador expressed his country's willingness to send labor force to Kazakhstan, Iranian MEHR news agency reported.
After Mideast, should Russia and China worry?
On the last day of January, a crowd of 600 gathered in sub-zero temperatures on Moscow's Triumph Square and began to chant "Freedom! Freedom!" and call for the resignation of Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
EU denies Russia-Asia gas pipeline rivalry
The EU's new partnerships with energy-rich Central Asian countries do not threaten Russian gas sales to Europe, the EU's energy commissioner says.
Lithuania hopes for Azerbaijani gas
Lithuania hopes for Azerbaijan in solving problems with providing country with gas, the Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Irena Degutene said in Baku
Iran open to talks on nuclear fuel swap
Iran's Ambassador to Russia Seyyed Mahmoud Reza Sajjadi says Tehran's nuclear fuel exchange offer is still on the table and Iran is open for talks with the Vienna Group and the P5+1 in this regard
Russia worries Kazakh outpost is Chinese smugglers’ paradise
A line of 150 trucks waits to enter Kazakhstan. It takes so long to clear customs here that each rig usually only makes two round trips a month. And yet, contrary to appearances, documented discrepancies suggest the checkpoint is a smuggler’s paradise.
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