Gen. John Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force and Ambassador Simon Gass, Senior Civilian Representative of NATO, welcome the outcomes of the conference in Istanbul on regional security and cooperation for a secure and stable Afghanistan.

• Date: 03.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 03.11.2011  |  Energy  |  from dvidshub.net

Turkmenistan's leader said on Thursday energy exports to Europe were a fundamental aspect of his country's foreign policy and reinforced his support for a Western-backed pipeline to bypass Russia and pump gas beneath the Caspian Sea.

• Date: 03.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 03.11.2011  |  Energy  |  from uk.reuters.com

Russia is on the verge of ending its 18-year wait to join the World Trade Organisation after accepting a trade deal with Georgia, the last big obstacle to membership of a club that will seal its integration into the global economy.

• Date: 03.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 03.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from news24.com

Russian and Chinese reluctance may complicate any Western campaign to parlay a U.N. watchdog report this month into political momentum for tougher sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear programme, diplomats and analysts say.

• Date: 02.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 02.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

On October 25 in Izmir, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, witnessed the signing of agreements on the delivery and transit of Azerbaijani gas to Turkey and onward to European Union territory (Trend, Anatolia news agency, Platts Commodity News, October 26-28).

• Date: 02.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 02.11.2011  |  Energy  |  from jamestown.org

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Turkmenistan can rely on France in the modernization of the country.

• Date: 02.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 02.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Switzerland will act as a third party in the Georgian-Russian agreement on Russia's joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), Head of the Georgian delegation and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergi Kapanadze told the Rustavi-2 television channel today.

• Date: 01.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 01.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from pda.trend.az

Premier Wen Jiabao will discuss the global economic crisis and his vision for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization when he meets next week with his counterparts from the regional grouping, seen by Beijing as a vehicle for extending Chinese influence in Central Asia.

• Date: 01.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 01.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from washingtonpost.com