Russian President expressed readiness to shift to “a new, mutually beneficial partnership level” with Kyrgyzstan. “Today I am asking you to report on prospect projects with Commonwealth partners, including possibilities of shifting to a new mutually beneficial partnership with countries, for example, with Kyrgyzstan,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday at the session of the Commission on Fuel and Energy Complex and Environmental Security.

• Date: 11.07.2012  |  Published on EGF: 11.07.2012  |  External Relations  |  from eng.24.kg

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has today left his country an official visit to Azerbaijan, according to the press service of the state.

• Date: 11.07.2012  |  Published on EGF: 11.07.2012  |  External Relations  |  from news.az

Russia despatched a flotilla of warships to its naval base in the Syrian port of Tartus on Tuesday in an apparent show of support for President Bashar al-Assad.

• Date: 10.07.2012  |  Published on EGF: 10.07.2012  |  Security  |  from telegraph.co.uk

India has given state-run insurers approval to provide limited cover to its ships transporting Iran's oil, allowing refiners to avoid any interruption in supplies because of the constraints of an Iranian fleet struggling with tough Western sanctions.

• Date: 10.07.2012  |  Published on EGF: 10.07.2012  |  Energy  |  from economictimes.indiatimes.com

On Tuesday, Defense Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Adilbek Dzhaksybekov met with United States Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus.

• Date: 10.07.2012  |  Published on EGF: 10.07.2012  |  Security  |  from en.trend.az

New U.S., Canadian and European economic sanctions against Iran have taken effect over the last eight days, aimed at finally persuading Iran to give up its quest for nuclear weapons.

• Date: 09.07.2012  |  Published on EGF: 09.07.2012  |  Energy  |  from postandcourier.com

The President of Georgia received Prime Minister of Moldova Vladimir Filat. The meeting was held in an informal atmosphere in the estate of President Mikheil Saakashvili in Kvareli (Kakheti, eastern Georgia), the administration of President of Georgia said on Monday.

• Date: 09.07.2012  |  Published on EGF: 09.07.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

A senior Russian official said Monday that Moscow is halting its weapons sales to Syrian authorities until the situation there calms down.

• Date: 09.07.2012  |  Published on EGF: 09.07.2012  |  External Relations  |  from cbsnews.com