Russia said on Monday it was ready for dialogue with Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine's next president, but warned the Kiev authorities not to step up armed operations against separatists in the east.

• Date: 26.05.2014  |  Published on EGF: 26.05.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

South Asia's bitterest rivals have an opportunity to turn a page in their history of troubled relations, Pakistan's prime minister said on Monday after he and other regional leaders arrived for the swearing-in ceremony of India's Narendra Modi.

• Date: 26.05.2014  |  Published on EGF: 26.05.2014  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukraine launched air strikes and a paratrooper assault against pro-Russian rebels who seized an airport on Monday, even as its newly elected leader vowed to reassert control in the east and refused to negotiate with "terrorists".

• Date: 26.05.2014  |  Published on EGF: 26.05.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Pakistan has accepted an invitation to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to attend the inauguration of Indian Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi, an official said on Saturday.

• Date: 24.05.2014  |  Published on EGF: 24.05.2014  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

China warned Japan on Friday to stay out of a growing dispute with its neighbors over the South China Sea, as the Philippines implicitly accused Beijing of delaying talks aimed at a solution.

• Date: 24.05.2014  |  Published on EGF: 24.05.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russia will pull back all forces deployed to regions near its border with Ukraine "within a few days," a deputy defense minister said on Friday, a move that if carried out could ease tensions around Ukraine's presidential election on Sunday.

• Date: 24.05.2014  |  Published on EGF: 24.05.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

China and Russia signed a $400 billion gas supply deal on Wednesday, securing the world's top energy user a major source of fuel and opening up a new market for Moscow as it risks losing European customers over the Ukraine crisis.

• Date: 23.05.2014  |  Published on EGF: 23.05.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russia and China vetoed on Thursday a resolution to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court for possible prosecution of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the country's three-year civil war.

• Date: 23.05.2014  |  Published on EGF: 23.05.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/