Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has met with visiting Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, telling his Turkmen guest that Ukraine would like to be "fully engaged…to enhance [Turkmen natural] gas exploration and shipment."

• March 14, 2012

Iran and Tajikistan signed a joint agreement on economic co-operation, Head the campaign for the construction of industrial estates "Xorasan Razavi", relating to the Organization of small businesses and industrial parks of Iran, Ali Soleimani said, IRNA reported.

• March 12, 2012

Iran is likely to reject the offer to replace uranium enrichment with nuclear fuel, as it already produces it, according to a report in an Iranian newspaper quoting officials in the country’s nuclear agency.

• March 10, 2012

“The trilateral meeting of Azerbaijani, Iranian and Turkish foreign ministers in Nakhchivan is significant both from regional and international standpoint”, said Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan Mahammadbaghir Bahrami, APA reports. He underlined the importance of the meeting in Nakhchivan.

• March 9, 2012

Members of several environmental organizations gathered in Bulgaria's capital Sofia for a silent protest to mark the upcoming first anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

• March 9, 2012

India's government has revoked the visa of a Japanese anti-nuclear activist who was scheduled to visit during the one-year anniversary of the Fukushima disaster.  Nuclear energy opponents say the move fits a pattern of seeking to stifle criticism of India's rapid push toward nuclear power.

• March 9, 2012

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi starts a three-day official visit to Tajikistan on March 7 with a focus on possible investment in that Central Asian country.

• March 7, 2012

On Tuesday March 6, Minister of Energy and Industries Gul Sherali, met here with Mr. Dag Malmer Halvorsen, Norway’s Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, the press center of the Ministry of energy and Industries (MoEI) reports.

• March 7, 2012