Kyrgyzstan may join Customs Union ahead of schedule
The process of joining customs union may take an accelerated pace, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said during the visit of the President of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev in Astana, Novosti-Kazakhstan agency says.
Lithuania nuclear power plant to cost up to 7 bln euros
Lithuania's government gave its final approval to several plans aimed at reducing its dependency on Russian energy sources on Wednesday, including a new nuclear power plant which it said could cost up to 7 billion euros ($9.10 billion).
Chinese investor strikes oil in Kyrgyzstan
A small Chinese company has struck oil in Kyrgyzstan, and leaders of the impoverished former Soviet republic said they hoped the first find by a foreign oil firm would encourage investors to explore its undeveloped energy and metals resources
Iran complains of nuclear double standards
World powers should focus on scrapping nuclear weapons and abiding by their own non-proliferation commitments rather than speculating about Iran's peaceful atomic work, the Iranian foreign ministry said
India resists US pressure to restrict energy ties with Iran
Resisting US pressure to further scale down oil imports from sanction-hit Iran, India today made it clear that it has to look at the issue involved beyond the energy trade as it has "vital" security stakes in the Gulf region.
Armenia president's party wins election-early results
Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan's Republican Party won a parliamentary election, early results showed on Monday, in a poll that was seen as a test of democracy in Russia's main ally in the South Caucasus region.
Azerbaijan, Tajikistan boost cooperation
Azerbaijani ambassador to Tajikistan Abbasali Hasanov met this country`s first deputy foreign minister Mahmudjon Sobirov.
Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan study economic prospects
The Kyrgyz Ministry of Economy and Antimonopoly Policy has today hosted a meeting of Deputy Minister Sanjar Mukanbetov with an Azerbaijani delegation led by Azerbaijani Deputy Economic Development Minister Niyazi Safarov.
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