India may face problems in making payments for crude oil it buys from because of recent moves by the US to curb Tehran's nuclear programme, a top government official said on Friday.

• Date: 07.01.2012  |  Published on EGF: 07.01.2012  |  External Relations  |  from thejakartapost.com

Uzbekistan and Tajikistan signed a contract to supply natural gas to Tajikistan in 2012 on Thursday, a source in Uzbek government told Trend.

• Date: 06.01.2012  |  Published on EGF: 06.01.2012  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

Anand Sharma with Saudi Trade Minister New Delhi, Jan 4 : India and Saudi Arabia have decided to promote bilateral investment and joint ventures for boosting trade as well as services between the two countries.

• Date: 04.01.2012  |  Published on EGF: 04.01.2012  |  Energy  |  from newspolitan.com

Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan launched the Common Economic Space (CES) on Sunday to further promote free movement of goods, capital and workforce within them.

• Date: 03.01.2012  |  Published on EGF: 03.01.2012  |  External Relations  |  from cri.cn

NATO hopes for a quick reopening of blocked supply routes through Pakistan because the 5-week closure is damaging the economies of both Afghanistan and Pakistan, an alliance officer said Monday.

• Date: 02.01.2012  |  Published on EGF: 02.01.2012  |  External Relations  |  from washingtonpost.com

Violence in the western Kazakh town of Zhanaozen earlier this month left 16 people dead

• Date: 29.12.2011  |  Published on EGF: 29.12.2011  |  Security  |  from bbc.co.uk

Afghanistan on Wednesday signed an oil deal with China which could earn the war-torn country $7 billion over 25 years.

• Date: 28.12.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.12.2011  |  Energy  |  from dawn.com

Iran would swap 500,000 barrels of crude oil per day with Caspian Sea littoral states.

• Date: 28.12.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.12.2011  |  Energy  |  from news.az