A number of agreements would be signed.These agreements would in areas of space, economic and defence sectors," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vishnu Prakash told reporters in New Delhi.

• Date: 20.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 20.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from pr-inside.com

North Korea has allowed UN nuclear inspections to resume after talks with visiting New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, CNN reported on Monday.

• Date: 20.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 20.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from rian.ru

Kyrgyzstan's parliament elected a speaker and approved a new government on Friday, laying the foundation for Central Asia's first parliamentary democracy after months of upheaval and violence.

• Date: 20.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 20.12.2010  |  Markets  |  from themoscowtimes.com

China and Pakistan are set to conclude another 10 billion dollars' worth of deals, the latest signings on a trade-focused trip to South Asia by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

• Date: 18.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 18.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Yahoo! news

There are at least three things most people know about Kazakhstan, even if its name blends with many other “stan” countries in Central Asia: The film “Borat,” oil and gas and the world’s largest space launch center.

• Date: 17.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 17.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from kyivpost.com

India is exploring a communications and telecoms security pact with United States, that will enable both countries share and standardize procedures to evaluate mobile phone networks, cooperate on encryption details and put in place a mechanisms to check softwares before it is used.

• Date: 15.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 15.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from wn.com

Turkmenistan has moved closer to opening another market for its natural gas reserves after signing an agreement for a pipeline to India via Afghanistan.

• Date: 14.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from bloomberg.com

Russia's controversial transport blockade of Georgia is threatening to inflict considerable economic damage on Armenia, the Russian regional ally that uses Georgian territory as its main commercial conduit to the outside world. The government in Yerevan is now scrambling to minimize negative consequences of the sanctions for a large number of Armenian businesses trading with Russia.

• Date: 14.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from eurasianet.org