Russian and Chinese reluctance may complicate any Western campaign to parlay a U.N. watchdog report this month into political momentum for tougher sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear programme, diplomats and analysts say.

• Date: 02.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 02.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

Switzerland will act as a third party in the Georgian-Russian agreement on Russia's joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), Head of the Georgian delegation and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergi Kapanadze told the Rustavi-2 television channel today.

• Date: 01.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 01.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from pda.trend.az

From the next year the European Union stops allocating money for Ukrainian projects, which are not realized anyway, but will finance the reformation of certain industries, EU representative in Ukraine David Stulik told Deutsche Welle.

• Date: 01.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 01.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from en.for-ua.com

The European Union rules out imposition of any sanction against Ukraine for the jailing of former prime minister and leader of the Batkivschyna All-Ukrainian Association party Yulia Tymoshenko.

• Date: 31.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 31.10.2011  |  External Relations  |  from un.ua

Tajikistan and Belarus have signed a number of cooperation documents, including an agreement on long-term trade and economic cooperation and a joint statement by the leaders of the two countries, Asia-Plus reported.

• Date: 29.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 29.10.2011  |  External Relations  |  from en.trend.az

Head of the EU Mission in Georgia Philip Dimitrov satisfied with the progress of negotiations on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

• Date: 29.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 29.10.2011  |  External Relations  |  from pda.trend.az

Russia's navy on Friday successfully test-fired an advanced ballistic missile, the weapon the government hopes will be the future of its nuclear arsenal, the Defense Military said.

• Date: 28.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.10.2011  |  Security  |  from miamiherald.com

Armenian capital city Yerevan hosted today the 12-th meeting of the CIS Commission for Use of Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes and also a meeting of international working groups.

• Date: 27.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 27.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from arka.am