External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna on Tuesday described Kazakhstan as India's most important partner in Central Asia with whom it maintains strategic relations.

• Date: 12.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.05.2010  |  External Relations  |  from sify.com

External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will undertake a three-day visit to the Central Asian Republic of Kazakstan from May 11 to May 13, during which there will be a review of bilateral ties between the two countries, and an assessment of ways to take sectoral cooperation forward.

• Date: 11.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.05.2010  |  Energy  |  from bombaynews.net

Syria and Qatar back Turkish efforts for a diplomatic solution to the row over Iran's nuclear program, Turkey's foreign minister said after leaders of the three countries met, a report said.

• Date: 11.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.05.2010  |  External Relations  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com

A day after 8 CRPF troopers were killed in a landmine blast by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, a top police official said the guerrillas have massively mined the state's forested areas and it was difficult to de-mine the vast stretches.

• Date: 09.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 09.05.2010  |  External Relations  |  from IndiaTimes

Chinese President Hu Jintao's attendance at the World War II Victory Day celebrations here would be a significant political step promoting Sino-Russian relations, said a leading Russian expert on Far East studies in a recent interview with Xinhua.

• Date: 08.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.05.2010  |  External Relations  |  from sina.com

Colombian coal is continuing to head to Asia which is keeping availability tight in Europe and underpinning high prices. Colombian coal is flowing to east Asian countries such as China, South Korea and Taiwan, where it is delivered at a discount of as much as USD 15 per tonne to coal loading at Newcastle in Australia and Richards Bay in South Africa.

• Date: 08.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.05.2010  |  Energy  |  from steelguru.com

Brazil has advanced a proposal to unblock the Iranian nuclear dossier that is in fact the common view among the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China), the emerging geopolitical counter-power to United States hegemony.

• Date: 06.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 06.05.2010  |  Energy  |  from atimes.com

Turkeys Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu spoke late Tuesday with his Brazilian counterpart on the phone regarding the Iranian nuclear issue.

• Date: 06.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 06.05.2010  |  External Relations  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com