Nations in East Asia should cease confrontation and abandon intentions to enhance their own security at the expense of that of their neighbors, said Russia's top envoy to China on Tuesday in Beijing.

• Date: 22.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 22.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from chinadaily.com.cn

Russia has once again proved to be a time-tested friend of India in changing geo-political scenario. It has supported India “as a deserving and strong candidate for a permanent seat in an expanded UN Security Council (UNSC).

• Date: 22.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 22.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from mynews.in

Belarus lower house of parliament on Tuesday approved the creation of a free trade zone with Russia and Kazakhstan, a move which will help avoid energy supplies cuts to Europe.

• Date: 22.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 22.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

Kyrgyz officials say Uzbekistan has reduced natural gas deliveries to Kyrgyzstan's southern regions due to Bishkek's debts, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports.

• Date: 22.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 22.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from rferl.org

Security forces in Belarus have detained over 600 people, including seven opposition candidates, after smashing a mass rally protesting fraud in the landslide re-election of president Alexander Lukashenko.

• Date: 21.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 21.12.2010  |  Markets  |  from abc.net.au

The United States is nearing a decision on whether to take action at the World Trade Organzation against China's rare earth minerals export restraints or other practices by Beijing to help its clean energy sector.

• Date: 21.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 21.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from indiatoday.in

The United States is nearing a decision on whether to take action at the World Trade Organzation against China's rare earth minerals export restraints or other practices by Beijing to help its clean energy sector.

• Date: 21.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 21.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from ibtimes.com

Receiving a small group of US analysts in Minsk (EDM, December 15), President, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, appealed to the United States to develop a multi-track policy toward Belarus, instead of a single-dimensional policy [implying democracy-promotion divorced from everything else].

• Date: 21.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 21.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from jamestown.org