Russia is ready to invest "hundreds of millions of dollars" to join high-voltage power line and gas pipeline projects in Central Asia, President Dmitry Medvedev said in the Tajik capital.

• Date: 05.09.2011  |  Published on EGF: 05.09.2011  |  External Relations  |  from themoscowtimes.com

The quadrilateral meeting of heads of state of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Russia ended, adopting a joint statement pledging to strengthen regional trade and to fight terrorism and the narcotics trade.

• Date: 03.09.2011  |  Published on EGF: 03.09.2011  |  External Relations  |  from paktribune.com

Russia is waiting for an invitation to participate in the construction of a power transmission system from Central Asia to South Asia, and it is ready to invest into the project hundreds of millions of dollars, President Dmitry Medvedev said after a meeting with his counterparts from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan.

• Date: 02.09.2011  |  Published on EGF: 02.09.2011  |  Energy  |  from itar-tass.com

Energy ministers from the 18-member East Asia Summit will pledge to boost energy cooperation in areas such as improving nuclear safety and making emergency responses to energy supply disruptions when they meet on September 20 in Brunei, according to the draft of a statement to be issued by them.

• Date: 01.09.2011  |  Published on EGF: 01.09.2011  |  Energy  |  from ibnlive.in.com

Baku will host a next meeting of an Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan intergovernmental commission.
Kazakhs ambassador Serik Primbetov said a large delegation led by the commission`s co-chair, Kazakhstan`s Minister of Oil and Gas Sauat Minbayev, will arrive in Azerbaijan for the meeting slated for September 29.

• Date: 31.08.2011  |  Published on EGF: 31.08.2011  |  External Relations  |  from today.az

A former top diplomat vying to become the next prime minister proposed Saturday that Japan stop building new nuclear power plants after the Fukushima disaster and phase out atomic energy over 40 years.

• Date: 27.08.2011  |  Published on EGF: 27.08.2011  |  Energy  |  from msnbc.msn.com

n a meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev, North Korean leader Kim il-Jong said he is ready to resume the six-party talks on the settlement of the nuclear problem on the Korean Peninsula without preconditions.

• Date: 24.08.2011  |  Published on EGF: 24.08.2011  |  Energy  |  from rt.com

Turkmen President Gurbangulu Berdimuhammedov instructed the finalization of a draft General Program for the Turkmen Energy Sector Development for 2011-2020, an official Turkmen source reported on Monday.

• Date: 22.08.2011  |  Published on EGF: 22.08.2011  |  Energy  |  from trend.az