Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin agreed Friday to enhance energy cooperation between the two countries, sharing the view that bilateral economic ties have been deepening recently, the Foreign Ministry said.

• Date: 15.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 15.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from mdn.mainichi.jp

Cooperation in the oil and gas sector constitutes a major part of China-Russia economic relations, but it is not everything. While strengthening their energy cooperation, Chinese and Russian economic managers are now exploring new fields to diversify their economic ties and optimize the trade structure.

• Date: 14.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 14.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from futures.tradingcharts.com

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons group says it obtained documents, through freedom of information, that reveal talks have been held with India to sell uranium to the nuclear-armed nation.

• Date: 14.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 14.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from abc.net.au

Spurred by the nuclear crisis in Japan, China and Taiwan are set to sign an agreement on nuclear power generation safety on Oct. 20

• Date: 14.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 14.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from asahi.com/

The newly appointed Estonian ambassador to Uzbekistan with residence in Moscow Simmu Tiik has handed over his credentials addressed to the head of state to the Uzbek Foreign Ministry, the Foreign Ministry said.

• Date: 13.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 13.10.2011  |  External Relations  |  from en.trend.az/news

Azerbaijan attaches great importance to the project "Southern Gas Corridor" in terms of gas supplies for branch export routes, head of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) Rovnag Abdullayev said on Wednesday at a meeting with Austrian Federal Economy, Family and Youth Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner.

• Date: 13.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 13.10.2011  |  External Relations  |  from azer-news.com

Vladimir Putin this week made probably his last trip to China as Russian prime minister (he will likely be president next year), signing no fewer than 16 new accords on bilateral cooperation, including US$7 billion in new investment agreements.

• Date: 13.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 13.10.2011  |  External Relations  |  from allvoices.com/

Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Wednesday that he expected a "just and acceptable" compromise to be worked out with Russia soon over the price of Russian gas.

• Date: 12.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 12.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from in.reuters.com/