Russian gas giant Gazprom has submitted a preliminary bid to purchase the Greek gas corporation DEPA, deputy chairman Alexander Medvedev said Saturday.

• Date: 07.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 07.04.2012  |  Energy  |  from en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com

Among the initiatives discussed were the CASA-1000 Power Transmission Project and the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project (TAPI).

• Date: 06.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 06.04.2012  |  External Relations  |  from jamestown.org

A unified missile defense system comprising the United States and six Arab states is a signal that a military strike on Iran could be on the horizon, says the Chairman of the State Duma's International Affairs Committee.

• Date: 06.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 06.04.2012  |  External Relations  |  from rt.com

Charge d'Affaires of Kazakhstan to Georgia Adil Tursunov and Energy and Natural Resources Minister of Georgia Alexander Khetaguri discussed transit of Kazakh hydrocarbons through Georgia, as well as KazTransGas - Tbilisi Company's activity at a meeting in Tbilisi.

• Date: 06.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 06.04.2012  |  Energy  |  from pda.trend.az

A peaceful and stable Pakistan is integral to western efforts to pacify Afghanistan, but Islamabad’s obsessions with its giant eastern neighbor may render such issues moot.
Since partition in 1947, Pakistan and India have fought four armed conflicts, in 1947, 1965, 1971 (which led to the establishment of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan) and the 1999 Kargil clash.

• Date: 05.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 05.04.2012  |  Energy  |  from oilprice.com

Kyrgyzstan and Russia remain strategic partners, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a meeting with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev on Thursday, KyrTAG reported on Thursday.

• Date: 05.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 05.04.2012  |  Energy  |  from en.trend.az

Ashgabat,  Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Afghan Mines Minister Wahidullah Shahrani at meeting in Ashgabat said there is considerable international resonance and interest of many countries and companies willing to participate in largest transnational Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India TAPI gas pipeline project implementation, Turkmen government said Thursday, Trend news agency reported.

• Date: 05.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 05.04.2012  |  Energy  |  from onepakistan.com

Iran's foreign minister said İstanbul remains an acceptable location for talks with world powers over Tehran's nuclear program, but noted Wednesday that his country has proposed other venues - such as Iraq or China - for the negotiations scheduled to start next week.

• Date: 04.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 04.04.2012  |  Energy  |  from todayszaman.com