Russia said on Friday that heightened military activity near North Korea was slipping into a "vicious cycle" that could get out of control, implicitly criticizing U.S. bomber flights that followed threats from Pyongyang.

• Date: 29.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 29.03.2013  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

Russia's gas giant Gazprom expects to reach an agreement on the price of gas to be supplied to China via the eastern route in June, and sign a deal by the end of this year, Gazprom chairman Viktor Zubkov said in the full version of a TV interview with Rossiya 24 broadcast on Wednesday.

• Date: 28.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 28.03.2013  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com

The US has flown two B-2 stealth bombers over South Korea as part of an ongoing military exercise.

• Date: 28.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 28.03.2013  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

Today in Astana, Kazakhstan's Defence Minister Adilbek Dzhaksybekov met with the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the NATO for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai and a new NATO officer on interaction with Central Asia Alexander Vinnikov, the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Kazakhstan informed Trend.

• Date: 27.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 27.03.2013  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Iran will destroy the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa if it comes under attack by the Jewish state.

• Date: 22.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 22.03.2013  |  External Relations  |  from rferl.org

Japan and the United States have started talks on military plans in case of armed conflict over a group of East China Sea Islets claimed by Tokyo and Beijing, Japanese media said on Thursday, prompting China to complain of "outside pressure."

• Date: 22.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 22.03.2013  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

Pakistan views a planned natural gas pipeline from Turkmenistan as a key way to address its energy concerns, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said.

• Date: 21.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 21.03.2013  |  Energy  |  from upiasia.com

Japan and the United States have started talks on operational plans in the case of armed conflict over a group of East China Sea islets claimed by Tokyo and Beijing, Japanese media said on Thursday, prompting China to complain of "outside pressure".

• Date: 21.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 21.03.2013  |  External Relations  |  from rferl.org