The conflict-torn, Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan borders the troubled Chinese province of Xinjiang.

• Date: 14.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 15.06.2010  |  Markets  |  from earthtimes.org

Iran has formally signed a $7.6-billion cross-border pipeline deal to supply 750 million cubic feet of natural gas daily to Pakistan from mid-2014, ignoring India that was part of the original plan conceived in the 1990s.

• Date: 14.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 15.06.2010  |  Energy  |  from IndiaTimes

Viewed from Washington, Turkey and Iran are strange bedfellows. One is a NATO member with a Constitution that mandates secularism, and the other, an Islamic republic whose nuclear program has been one of the most vexing foreign policy problems for the United States in recent years.

• Date: 14.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.06.2010  |  Energy  |  from wn.com

China and Kazakhstan have signed a deal to build and finance a natural gas pipeline and deepen their cooperation on nuclear energy, extending the two countries' ties on resources.

• Date: 14.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.06.2010  |  Energy  |  from chinadaily.com.cn

Iran finalised a $7bn “peace pipeline” deal yesterday to export natural gas to Pakistan by 2015, Iran’s state television reported.

• Date: 14.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.06.2010  |  Energy  |  from thepeninsulaqatar.com

The Government Offices Administration of the State Council, China's cabinet, called on government organs Thursday to ensure enhanced energy conservation efforts.

• Date: 11.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.06.2010  |  Markets  |  from peopledaily.com.cn

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Chinese President Hu Jintao's agreement to deepen cooperation between China and Kazakhstan is a clear manifestation that the strategic partnership between the countries is working.

• Date: 11.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from peopledaily.com.cn

Water problem in Central Asia is not a shortage of water, but the inability of the region to find a compromise, experts say

• Date: 11.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az