Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has once again returned to the idea of creating a common grain pool of three countries: Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Russia, the Ukrainian prime minister's spokesman, Vitaliy Lukyanenko, said in Astana on Thursday.

• Date: 24.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 24.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from kyivpost.com

EU Foreign Ministers met in Brussels on 14-15 November to discuss Afghanistan, Middle East and North Africa, Iran and Somalia. Minister for Europe David Lidington reported the outcome to Parliament.

• Date: 22.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 22.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from fco.gov.uk

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai and Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Shuvalov Igor Ivanovich met in Hanoi on Monday for their meeting as co-chairs of the Vietnam-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission for Economic, Trade, Scientific and Technical Cooperation (CETSTC).

• Date: 22.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 22.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from cri.cn

Turkmenistan has never and is not politicising economic cooperation, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov said in an interview with Chinese media outlets published locally.

• Date: 22.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 22.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

The Philippines on Monday expressed its interest in acquiring military helicopters, boats and aircraft from South Korea as part of efforts to boost its military capabilities amid growing tensions with China in the disputed South China Sea.

• Date: 21.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 21.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from monstersandcritics.com

Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan on Friday signed a decree to set up a joint body to oversee and regulate the economy and trade in the three nations, paving the way for an economic union of the three former Soviet republics.

• Date: 18.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 18.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from washingtonpost.com

Azerbaijan and Turkey have started work on a trans-Anatolian pipeline project to carry Azeri gas across Turkey, the president of Azeri state energy company SOCAR Rovnag Abdullayev said on Thursday.

• Date: 17.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 17.11.2011  |  Energy  |  from reuters.com

Russia will support Kazakhstan and Belarus in their efforts to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) after Moscow itself joins the trade bloc, Russia's top WTO negotiator Maxim Medvedkov said

• Date: 17.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 17.11.2011  |  Energy  |  from chinadaily.com.cn