Sweden will expand its diplomatic mission in Azerbaijan, Ambassador of Sweden Mikael Eriksson said on Wednesday. Eriksson said the opening of the Sweden Embassy in Azerbaijan, most likely, will take place in autumn 2012.

• Date: 28.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 28.03.2012  |  External Relations  |  from pda.trend.az

Tajikistan aims to secure natural gas supplies from Turkmenistan to avert a worsening fuel shortage as its traditional supplier prepares to stop pumping from next week, a high-ranking Tajik government representative told Reuters on Wednesday.

• Date: 28.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 27.03.2012  |  Energy  |  from reuters.com

Kazakhstan's ambassador to Belarus says state-affiliated Kazakh oil firms are interested in obtaining ownership stakes in Belarusian oil refineries.

• Date: 28.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 27.03.2012  |  Energy  |  from rferl.org

The agreement at a regional conference in the Tajik capital Dushanbe underlines how close ties are between Iran, the United States' arch-foe, and Central Asia.

• Date: 27.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 27.03.2012  |  External Relations  |  from telegraph.co.uk

The presidents of the United States, Russia, and Kazakhstan have hailed the success of a project to clean up a huge Soviet-era nuclear test site in Semey, formerly known as Semipalatinsk, in Kazakhstan.

• Date: 27.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 27.03.2012  |  Energy  |  from rferl.org

Today in Moscow Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokesman Alexander Lukashevich has said that on 2-3 April Lavrov will meet in Yerevan with the President and the Foreign Minister of Armenia, on 3-4 April in Baku will hold talks with the President and the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan. Already on 4-5 April the Russian FM is expected to visit Kyrgyzstan and then Kazakhstan.

• Date: 27.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 27.03.2012  |  External Relations  |  from abc.az

Uzbekistan says it will halt natural gas deliveries to its energy-starved neighbor, Tajikistan, starting next month.

• Date: 26.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 26.03.2012  |  Energy  |  from rferl.org

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon called for more cooperation during their summit in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe.

• Date: 26.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 26.03.2012  |  External Relations  |  from mehrnews.com