Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev will pay a working visit to Russia on Feb.23-25, Russian presidential press-service reported on Monday.

• Date: 20.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 20.02.2012  |  External Relations  |  from pda.trend.az

“There needs to be a significant Azerbaijani gas supply to Europe, and that will enhance European energy security and position Azerbaijan as a major player in the international arena”

• Date: 18.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 18.02.2012  |  Energy  |  from apa.az

Syrian government forces, disregarding U.N. condemnation, renewed their bombardment of the opposition stronghold of Homs on Saturday as a Chinese minister prepared for talks with embattled President Bashar al-Assad.

• Date: 18.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 18.02.2012  |  External Relations  |  from ibtimes.com

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov will visit Turkey in February, state news agency of Turkmenistan (TDH) said on Saturday.

• Date: 18.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 18.02.2012  |  External Relations  |  from oananews.org

Turkmenistan's authoritarian president was sworn in Friday for a second term during a lavish ceremony filled with adulation for the man increasingly referred to as the "protector" of this tightly controlled, resource-rich nation.

• Date: 17.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 17.02.2012  |  Markets  |  from statesman.com

Kazakh Industry and Trade Minister Asset Issekeshev met today with a large French business delegation which participated in the Kazakh-French Business Council, the Ministry's press service said.

• Date: 16.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 16.02.2012  |  External Relations  |  from inform.kz

The U.S. and Uzbekistan consider it important to expand partnership in the cultural-humanitarian field. This was discussed at a meeting at the Foreign Ministry on Thursday with the U.S Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Adam Ereli, the press service of the Foreign Ministry said.

• Date: 16.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 16.02.2012  |  External Relations  |  from pda.trend.az

Iran announced new strides in its nuclear programme on Wednesday, in a defiant blow to US and EU pressure to rein in its atomic activities and amid signs of an increasingly vicious covert war with Israel over the issue.

• Date: 15.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 15.02.2012  |  Energy  |  from channelnewsasia.com