Azerbaijan has filed a lawsuit against Armenia in the Secretariat of the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (ESPOO) for failing to meet convention requirements while building a new nuclear reactor in Armenia, Environmental and Environmental Policy Department head of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources Rasim Sattarzadeh told Trend on Tuesday.

• Date: 28.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 28.02.2012  |  External Relations  |  from pda.trend.az

Russia and Kazakhstan set up the work on the agreement on western sector of the Russian-Kazakh state border demarcation, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported on Tuesday following the regular meeting of the joint Russian-Kazakh demarcation commission, held in Almaty on Feb. 13-17.

• Date: 28.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 28.02.2012  |  External Relations  |  from pda.trend.az

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov has praised his country's ties with Turkey, saying they amount to a strategic partnership, and called Turkey and Turkmenistan “one nation with two states.

• Date: 28.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 28.02.2012  |  External Relations  |  from todayszaman.com

Russia expects Iran to answer all existing questions from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over its controversial nuclear program, which will confirm its right to peaceful atomic energy generation, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.

• Date: 27.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 27.02.2012  |  Energy  |  from en.rian.ru

Russia has modernized two radars in Syria and Lebanon that could threaten U.S. or Israel’s ability to launch a surprise attack against Syria and Iran, Israeli DEBKAfile portal said on Monday.

• Date: 27.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 27.02.2012  |  External Relations  |  from en.rian.ru

Russia plans to repay its $15 million debt to Kyrgyzstan for the lease of military facilities until the end of February, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Monday.

• Date: 27.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 27.02.2012  |  External Relations  |  from en.rian.ru

Iran has warned Israel against mounting an attack on its nuclear facilities amid rising international tension over its uranium enrichment programme.

• Date: 25.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 25.02.2012  |  Energy  |  from guardian.co.uk

Azerbaijani servicemen will participate in the event on effective crisis management in realizing of terror activities in Istanbul, Turkey on Monday.

• Date: 25.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 25.02.2012  |  External Relations  |  from news.az