A North Korean nuclear test draws international condemnation, modest U.N. sanctions and expressions of hope in the United States that China will finally rein in its brazen ally.

• Date: 13.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 13.02.2013  |  Security  |  from reuters.com

Russia will continue deliveries of arms to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his armed forces, the head of the state weapons exporter said on Wednesday, despite the Middle Eastern country's civil war.

• Date: 13.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 13.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov have signed a joint Ukrainian-Turkmen Communique.

• Date: 13.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 13.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from president.gov.ua

Azerbaijani gas will be supplied from the Shah Deniz offshore gas condensate field to Europe in 2019, SOCAR Vice-President Elshad Nasirov said at a meeting of the Euronest PA Energy Committee in Baku today.

• Date: 12.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 12.02.2013  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

North Korea conducted its third nuclear test on Tuesday in defiance of existing U.N. resolutions, drawing condemnation from around the world, including from its only major ally, China, which summoned the North Korean ambassador to protest.

• Date: 12.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 12.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

Member of Iran's negotiating team with P5+1 group, Mostafa Dolatyar said that at the upcoming nuclear meeting in Kazakstan, Iran will listen to the proposals of the opposing side, ISNA reported.

• Date: 12.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 12.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has said he is prepared for immedate talks with Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and the government regarding "constitutional changes and other issues affecting the development of the country."

• Date: 11.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 11.02.2013  |  Markets  |  from rferl.org

China and Japan engaged on Friday in a fresh round of invective over military movements near a disputed group of uninhabited islands, fuelling tension that for months has bedeviled relations between the Asian powers.

• Date: 11.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 11.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com