The Baku-Tbilisi-Erzrum gas pipeline will be expanded with the increased capacity amounting to 25 billion cbm of gas per year after 2017, Azerbaijan’s energy minister Natig Aliyev told journalists in Baku.

• Date: 27.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 27.12.2012  |  Energy  |  from azertag.com

Tehran has lifted a ban on the export of some products from Iran to Armenia, Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan said stressing that this became possible as a result of negotiations, Armenian news agency 7or.am., reported.

• Date: 26.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 26.12.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

The strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and Georgia will continue in the future, Head of Azerbaijani Presidential Administration's Social and Political Department Ali Hasanov told media today.

• Date: 26.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 26.12.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

EU heavyweight France, currently blocking five chapters in the EU acquis communautaire for Turkey, has given positive signals in its recent messages to the EU community that it will lift its block on some chapters in an effort to revitalize stagnant Turkey-EU ties.

• Date: 26.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 26.12.2012  |  External Relations  |  from todayszaman.com

India and Russia signed on Monday a dozen accords in New Delhi in such areas as defense – with the delivery to India of war materiel worth some $3 billion – and the promotion of direct investment between the two countries.

• Date: 25.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 25.12.2012  |  External Relations  |  from laht.com

Kazakh State Oil and Gas Company "KazMunaiGas" and the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) are in talks to create the infrastructure needed to transport oil from Kazakhstan's Kashagan field within the second phase of its development, Kazakh Ambassador to Azerbaijan Serik Primbetov said at a press conference at the Trend International News Agency on Tuesday.

• Date: 25.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 25.12.2012  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

IRI Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi on Monday expressed Iran's readiness to expand economic, trade, parliamentary and cultural cooperation with Vietnam.

• Date: 25.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 25.12.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Russia and India signed weapons deals worth billions of dollars today as president Vladimir Putin sought to further boost ties with an old ally

• Date: 24.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 24.12.2012  |  External Relations  |  from independent.co.uk