European Union intends to sign contract with Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan on legal base of Trans-Caspian gas pipeline, materials on outcomes of meeting of foreign ministers of EU 27 member countries in Luxemburg reported.

• Date: 25.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 25.06.2012  |  Energy  |  from en.apa.az

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will arrive in Astana on Tuesday on a working visit, Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Altai Abibullayev said on Monday.

• Date: 25.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 25.06.2012  |  External Relations  |  from en.trend.az

India's Oil Ministry is adopting measures to provide insurance coverage for tankers transferring crude oil from Iran, in an attempt to prevent the US-engineered EU sanctions from disrupting Iranian oil shipments to the Asian country.

• Date: 23.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 23.06.2012  |  Energy  |  from payvand.com

Despite divergence on certain political issues like Syria, a leading Turkish businessman active in Russia expresses confidence that Turkey and Russia are set for a global, strategic and economic partnership in new markets, especially in the Middle East. Such bonds between the two countries can no longer be broken, says Erman Ilıcak.

• Date: 23.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 23.06.2012  |  External Relations  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com/

Turkey's energy minister, Taner Yildiz, said Friday that the country continues to buy Iranian crude but that it has reduced imports to its main refiner Tupras (TUPRS.IS) by 20%.

• Date: 22.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 22.06.2012  |  Energy  |  from foxbusiness.com

Tajikistan' major trade partners are Turkey and China, Avesta.tj reported on Friday. Some 49.1 percent of products, exported from Tajikistan, are supplied to Turkey, while 19.1 percent - account for China.

• Date: 22.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 22.06.2012  |  External Relations  |  from en.trend.az

Iran has commonly been labeled as a rogue state by Western powers with the country’s pursuit of nuclear power being deemed a threat to global society, and something that must be addressed immediately. While Tehran insists that the development of its nuclear capacity is only for peaceful purposes, the U.S. and its allies fear that Iran is developing nuclear weaponry.

• Date: 21.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 21.06.2012  |  Energy  |  from 2point6billion.com

The Arab League demanded on Thursday that Russia stop supplying arms to Syria, as a regime onslaught of Homs and its surrounds appeared to stall a Red Cross bid to rescue trapped civilians.

• Date: 21.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 21.06.2012  |  External Relations  |  from france24.com