The ministry's announcement is the latest in a string of tit-for-tat moves in the clean energy sector which have pit China against its two-largest trade partners, the U.S. and European Union. China's ruling comes as clean energy policy is becoming an issue in the U.S. presidential elections and at a time when demand for wind and solar-power equipment from Europe is falling.

• Date: 20.08.2012  |  Published on EGF: 20.08.2012  |  External Relations  |  from world.einnews.com

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov feels that Iran's nuclear problem is no more dangerous than other international problems, The Voice of Russia reported.

• Date: 18.08.2012  |  Published on EGF: 18.08.2012  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister has been invited on an official visit to Austria. Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on the sidelines of the Salzburg Trilogy conference, held in the Austrian city of Salzburg, met with Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

• Date: 18.08.2012  |  Published on EGF: 18.08.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake has said his country has no plans to set up a military base in Uzbekistan, following media speculation that Washington was entering a deal with Tashkent on the issue.

• Date: 18.08.2012  |  Published on EGF: 18.08.2012  |  External Relations  |  from newstrackindia.com

Turkish Cotam Enterprises, which is a long-term partner of Turkmenistan, has offered new projects for consideration, an official Turkmen source said on Wednesday.

• Date: 17.08.2012  |  Published on EGF: 17.08.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Kazakhstan entered the first tranche of $ 30 million in a joint investment fund with Kyrgyzstan. This was announced on Thursday at the Bishkek official presentation of the Kazakh-Kyrgyz Investment Fund (KKIF).

• Date: 17.08.2012  |  Published on EGF: 17.08.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will visit the Austrian city of Salzburg to attend the conference Salzburg Trilogy on Can economic growth be socially oriented and environmentally sustainable? topic on August17 -19, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

• Date: 17.08.2012  |  Published on EGF: 17.08.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received outgoing Israeli ambassador Michael Lavon-Lotem.

• Date: 16.08.2012  |  Published on EGF: 16.08.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az