President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan on Wednesday received delegation led by Vladimir Litvin, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukrainian parliament), APA reports quoting AzerTAc.

• Date: 18.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 17.04.2012  |  External Relations  |  from en.apa.az

China has joined other world powers in warning North Korea that they will not tolerate any more provocations after the isolated nation's failed rocket launch last week.

• Date: 17.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 17.04.2012  |  External Relations  |  from voanews.com

The House of Representatives of the Japanese Parliament has passed a resolution to deepen the friendly ties between Japan and Ukraine, including cooperation in emergency response to accidents at nuclear power plants, the Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry's press service reported on Tuesday.

• Date: 17.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 17.04.2012  |  External Relations  |  from kyivpost.com

Tajikistan, a former Soviet republic bordering Afghanistan, has rejected requests by foreign powers to allow them to set up military bases on its territory because it does not want to upset Russia, its president said on Tuesday.

• Date: 17.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 17.04.2012  |  External Relations  |  from news.yahoo.com

Today, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received the Foreign Minister of Belarus, Sergey Martynov. The sides agreed in the opinion that there is a mutual desire to deepen relations between Armenia and Belarus and expand the bilateral cooperation in various spheres.

• Date: 16.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 16.04.2012  |  External Relations  |  from news.az

Kyrgyzstan plans to give Moscow only 48 percent of the "Dastan" plant's shares in exchange for writing off $180 million in debt instead of the required 75 percent. However, despite these differences, it does not plan to seek another investor, Kyrgyz Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov said in an interview with Kommersant-Power.

• Date: 16.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 16.04.2012  |  External Relations  |  from pda.trend.az

Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov met Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and President Tony Tan Keng Yam on Monday. He is here on a three-day visit.

• Date: 16.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 16.04.2012  |  External Relations  |  from channelnewsasia.com

Ukraine has offered to supply electricity to Lithuania, Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov has said, www.interfax.com.ua reports.

• Date: 14.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 14.04.2012  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com