NATO hopes for quick reopening of supply routes through Pakistan
NATO hopes for a quick reopening of blocked supply routes through Pakistan because the 5-week closure is damaging the economies of both Afghanistan and Pakistan, an alliance officer said Monday.
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan settle power issue
Negotiations of the JSC KEGOC delegation, (the Kazakh company running the electricity grid) with the leadership of the Uzbek state energy company Uzbekenergo in Tashkent to resolve the situation on the Kazakhstan border and the integrated electricity system in Central Asia was successful, according to a KEGOC press release on Saturday.
Russia denounces war talk against Iran
Tensions between Iran and the U.S. could escalate towards potential war, but both Russia and China are opposed to Western intervention in Iran.
Clock Ticking for West to Act on Iranian Nuclear Program
Ehud Barak, the defense minister of Israel, said in late November that it was probably a question of nine months before Iran’s attempt to acquire nuclear weapons moved into a “zone of immunity” where it could no longer be stopped.
Kazakhs probe police weapons use
Violence in the western Kazakh town of Zhanaozen earlier this month left 16 people dead
Afghanistan signs first major oil deal with China
Afghanistan on Wednesday signed an oil deal with China which could earn the war-torn country $7 billion over 25 years.
Iran's Caspian oil swap to hit 500,000 barrels
Iran would swap 500,000 barrels of crude oil per day with Caspian Sea littoral states.
Bulgaria to Start Building Gas Links to Greece, Romania in
Bulgaria is about to start construction a natural gas interconnection with Romania in a few weeks, according to Bulgarian Economy, Energy, and Tourism Minister Traicho Traikov.
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