The construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (NPP) has increased the interest of Lithuanian investors in Ostrovets District of Belarus, Chairman of the Ostrovets District Executive Committee Adam Kovalko said at the meeting with Lithuanian reporters on 13 June, reports law.by.

• Date: 14.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 14.06.2012  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com

Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov and his Afghan counterpart Dr. Zalmay Rassoul discussed the main directions of developing bilateral relations and prospects of further trade, economic and investment cooperation, the Kazakh Foreign Minister reported.

• Date: 14.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 14.06.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Turkmenistan and China have signed a deal making good on Turkmenistan President Gurbanbuly Berdimuhamedow's earlier promise to increase his country's natural gas shipments to China to 65 billion cubic meters per year (bcm/y).

• Date: 14.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 14.06.2012  |  Energy  |  from wn.com

The United States is seeing a dramatic surge in oil and gas production and could overtake the world's biggest producers, Russia and Saudi Arabia, in another decade, a US official said here Tuesday.

• Date: 13.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 13.06.2012  |  Energy  |  from timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday accused the United States of supplying weapons to Syria's rebels after Hillary Clinton said Moscow was supplying the Assad regime with "attack helicopters".

• Date: 13.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 13.06.2012  |  External Relations  |  from telegraph.co.uk

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili met in Batumi with Irish Foreign Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-office Eamon Gilmore.

• Date: 13.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 13.06.2012  |  External Relations  |  from en.trend.az

The Barack Obama administration is likely to open North America's doors to India for its energy needs as it pushes New Delhi to reduce its energy dependence on "nuclear armed" Iran. This hydrocarbon sop for India - oil, cooking and shale gas - is scheduled to figure in the third round of Indo-US strategic dialogue in Washington on June 13.

• Date: 11.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 11.06.2012  |  Energy  |  from indianews24.in

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is expected to visit Iran on June 13 to discuss a range of issues, including the next round of talks between Iran and six world powers on the Islamic republic's nuclear program.

• Date: 11.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 11.06.2012  |  External Relations  |  from rferl.org