Iran and Azerbaijan are brothers 
						 
					Iran and Azerbaijan are brothers, and no one can set them at variance, Iranian Vice President, Chairman of the Cultural Heritage and Culture organisation of Iran Seyed Hassan Mousavi said on Thursday at a meeting with Chairman of the Caucasian Muslims Office (CMO) Sheikh-ul-islam Allahshukur Pashazade. 
 
						The Kyrgyz Ministry of Energy imposes a moratorium on all activities related to the contract for the construction of Verkhnenaryn chain of power plants 
						 
					The Kyrgyz Ministry of Energy imposed a moratorium on all activities related to the contract for the construction of Verkhnenaryn chain of power plants. 24.kg news agency was told in the agency. 
 
						China, Uzbekistan ink strategic partnership treaty
						 
					China and Uzbekistan elevated bilateral ties to a strategic partnership on Wednesday with five agreements signed to boost cooperation. President Hu Jintao and his visiting Uzbek counterpart Islam Karimov witnessed the signing after their talks in the morning. 
 
						Azerbaijan’s head extremely concerned about Iran’s nuclear program
						 
					Baku, Fineko/abc.az. Head of the Subcommittee on Europe & Eurasia of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee for International Relations Dan Burton has summed up the results of the Baku visit. 
 
						Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan intends to increase bilateral trade
						 
					Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan can bring its bilateral trade to $1 billion in the next two years. This forecast was made during the eighth session of the Uzbek-Turkmen Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation in Tashkent. 
 
						Russian president to pay official visit to Kyrgyzstan
						 
					Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in Kyrgyzstan on a working visit on September 20, according to the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry, KyrTAG reported. 
 
						Kazakhstan, NATO mull cooperation 
						 
					Chairman of the Kazakh Senate Kairat Mami has held the talks with NATO Parliamentary Assembly Chairman Karl Lamers, the Senate said today. The sides have discussed the issues of further development of the cooperation between the Kazakh Parliament and NATO PA. 
 
						Khamenei says North Korea, Iran have common enemy
						 
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised North Korea's "anti-west" position, saying Tehran and Pyongyang have common enemy, Fars News Agency reported on September 1. 
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