Vice President Biden told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Wednesday that he had been around Washington so long he actually knew Sen. Henry Jackson and Rep. Charles Vanik, authors of a 1974 trade restriction law that is still an irritant in U.S.-Russian relations. It is high time to get rid of it, he said.

• Date: 10.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 10.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from washingtonpost.com

US Vice President Joe Biden was due Thursday to meet Russia's strongman Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and deliver a key-note address highlighting the accomplishments of the two sides' "reset" in ties.

• Date: 10.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 10.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from Yahoo! news

Uzbek President Islam Karimov signed a decree to approve an Uzbek-Qatari intergovernmental agreement on economic, trade and technical cooperation, an agreement on legal cooperation and a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in environmental protection and the rational use of natural resources for sustainable development.

• Date: 10.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 10.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

The United States and the EU have once again repeated the unfounded claims questioning the peaceful nature of our nuclear activities without presenting any authenticated evidence, Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh told to reporters in the Austrian capital

• Date: 10.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 10.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Pakistan agreed to discuss frameworks that would facilitate trade and economic relations between Pakistan and Tajikistan to provide latter an easy access to its ports, especially to its southwestern Gwadar Port, local media reported

• Date: 09.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 09.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from People's Daily

Russia will on Wednesday warn US Vice President Joe Biden that it will beef up its own missile defences against the West if it is not made a full partner in a US-backed missile defence shield for Europe soon.

• Date: 09.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 09.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from telegraph.co.uk

Russia's oil giant Lukoil intends to develop wind and solar power plants in Bulgaria and Romania, Vasily Zubakin, deputy head of the company's main energy division, said as quoted by news agency Ria Novosti.

• Date: 09.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 09.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from sofiaecho.com

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will on Wednesday embark on a two-day official visit to Latvia on the invitation of his counterpart Valdis Zatlers, Sargsyan's press service reported.

• Date: 09.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 09.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az