The NATO leadership considers Kazakhstan as a key regional security partner in Central Asia. This opinion was expressed by NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai at the meeting with the Head of Kazakh Mission to the NATO, Ambassador Erik Utembayev, Kazinform reported.

• Date: 12.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 12.03.2012  |  External Relations  |  from pda.trend.az

Iran and Tajikistan signed a joint agreement on economic co-operation, Head the campaign for the construction of industrial estates "Xorasan Razavi", relating to the Organization of small businesses and industrial parks of Iran, Ali Soleimani said, IRNA reported.

• Date: 12.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 12.03.2012  |  Energy  |  from pda.trend.az

Iran is likely to reject the offer to replace uranium enrichment with nuclear fuel, as it already produces it, according to a report in an Iranian newspaper quoting officials in the country’s nuclear agency.

• Date: 10.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 10.03.2012  |  Energy  |  from haaretz.com

Following the meeting, which discussed the regional ties and projects, the statement was passed in Nakhchivan.
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov expressed confidence that this meeting will prepare the ground for further cooperation between the three countries.

• Date: 10.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 10.03.2012  |  External Relations  |  from news.az

Russia and the Arab League have negotiated a plan to settle the bloody political conflict in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday.

• Date: 10.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 10.03.2012  |  External Relations  |  from en.rian.ru

India's government has revoked the visa of a Japanese anti-nuclear activist who was scheduled to visit during the one-year anniversary of the Fukushima disaster.  Nuclear energy opponents say the move fits a pattern of seeking to stifle criticism of India's rapid push toward nuclear power.

• Date: 09.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 09.03.2012  |  Energy  |  from voanews.com

Members of several environmental organizations gathered in Bulgaria's capital Sofia for a silent protest to mark the upcoming first anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

• Date: 09.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 09.03.2012  |  Energy  |  from novinite.com

“The trilateral meeting of Azerbaijani, Iranian and Turkish foreign ministers in Nakhchivan is significant both from regional and international standpoint”, said Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan Mahammadbaghir Bahrami, APA reports. He underlined the importance of the meeting in Nakhchivan.

• Date: 09.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 09.03.2012  |  Energy  |  from en.apa.az