EU, Azerbaijan confirm commitment to negotiations with Turkmenistan on Trans-Caspian Pipeline
During the thirteenth meeting of the Cooperation Council between the EU and Azerbaijan the sides confirmed their commitment to the negotiations with Turkmenistan on the construction of the Trans-Caspian Pipeline.
Estonia is already ahead of the Nordic countries in the rate of contracts for the supply of electricity
As at 10 December, 2012, customers have concluded 321,000 contracts with Estonian energy company Eesti Energia. According to Margus Rink, Management Board Member at Eesti Energia, the activity of Estonia's residents in choosing their electricity supplier is impressive – in terms of the rate of contracts concluded for the supply of electricity, Estonia is now already ahead of the Nordic countries, the energy company said in a statement.
Iran to sign new gas export deals
Iran plans to sign some new gas export contracts in the near future, the Iranian oil minister announced.
It’s in Russia’s interests to ensure a very positive relationship with NATO countries
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has given an interview to Interfax and Novaya Gazeta newspaper in the wake of a ministerial meeting of the NATO-Russia Council in Brussels in which he speaks about the results of the NRC meeting, prospects of NATO-Russia relations and the most pressing issues on the international agenda.
Russia plays along with Sakhalin pipeline project
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has apparently ruled out building a subsea Sakhalin-Japan natural gas pipeline. That is not preventing continued talks on the ambitious project, which remains a bargaining tool in Russia's gas-price negotiations with China.
EU-Russia relations are seriously hindered by Russia's divide and conquer tactic
Ahead of next week's EU-Russia Summit, where a new partnership and cooperation agreement could be signed, EU members, including Latvia, must understand that Russia is nowhere near fulfilling the obligations it undertook when joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), as well as obligations in other agreements signed between the EU and Russia, European Parliament Member Roberts Zile believes, informs LETA.
Turkmenistan has all prerequisites to increase volume of gas production and exports
Turkmenistan has all the prerequisites to increase the volume of gas production and exports in the coming years, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov said in his message on the occasion of the Day of Workers of Oil and Gas Industry and Geology, celebrated on Friday.
India, Ukraine ink defence cooperation agreement
A broad defence cooperation agreement was among five pacts signed following delegation-level talks between the visiting Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych, and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday.
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