Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon started a tête-à-tête meeting in Kyiv on Thursday, Yanukovych's press service reported.

• Date: 15.12.2011  |  Published on EGF: 15.12.2011  |  External Relations  |  from ukrvideonews.com

Kazakhstan has worked out a deal to acquire 10 percent of the Karachaganak oil and gas field, the last major oil and gas field in Kazakhstan that did not have any Kazakh shareholders, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.

• Date: 14.12.2011  |  Published on EGF: 14.12.2011  |  Energy  |  from rferl.org

President Serzh Sargsyan invited Italian companies to participate in the implementation of various projects in Armenia, including the construction of a new unit for Armenian nuclear power plant during a meeting with Italy’s president Giorgio Napolitano, Sargsyan’s press office reported Tuesday.

• Date: 14.12.2011  |  Published on EGF: 14.12.2011  |  Energy  |  from arka.am

The administration of United States President Barack Obama has launched a virtual US Embassy in Iran that, as expected, has been immediately filtered. Tehran sees it as yet another subversive initiative by Uncle Sam to sow divisions between the people and the Islamic regime that overthrew a US-friendly dictator and then took American diplomats as hostage for 444 days in 1979-1980, prompting the US to sever diplomatic ties with Iran

• Date: 13.12.2011  |  Published on EGF: 13.12.2011  |  External Relations  |  from atimes.com

Kazakhstan may join the World Trade Organization (WTO) next year, Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov said in Astana addressing a meeting with Kazakhstan's diplomatic missions' heads on Tuesday.

• Date: 13.12.2011  |  Published on EGF: 13.12.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Iran is facing ominous rhetoric and deadly explosions as the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia step up efforts to open Iran's nuclear facilities to inspection. Tehran is gauging its support from abroad. Syria, a longstanding ally, is in turmoil and Hezbollah in Lebanon would be of only limited help.

• Date: 12.12.2011  |  Published on EGF: 12.12.2011  |  External Relations  |  from atimes.com

Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies says it will cut back its business in Iran, where it aids state-run telecom operators, due to the "increasingly complex situation" there.

• Date: 10.12.2011  |  Published on EGF: 10.12.2011  |  External Relations  |  from Yahoo! news

Russia announced that it will not join any efforts to sanction Iran’s oil and gas sector..

• Date: 09.12.2011  |  Published on EGF: 09.12.2011  |  Energy  |  from radiozamaneh.com