The Belarusian government is interested in supplying oil from Kazakhstan for its processing at Belarusian refineries, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency quoted Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Rusi as saying at a session of the Kazakh-Belarusian intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation in Astana on Thursday.

• Date: 09.11.2012  |  Published on EGF: 09.11.2012  |  Energy  |  from azernews.az

The main goals of the joint-stock power utility Latvenergo in the four-year period from 2012 to 2015 include keeping its leading positions in the Baltics, diversification of energy sources and balanced development of electrical grids, the company's CEO Aris Zigurs said today at a conference on the development of Latvenergo in a deregulated market.

• Date: 08.11.2012  |  Published on EGF: 08.11.2012  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com

The Pentagon is working to encircle Eurasia and to surround the Eurasian Triple Entente composed of China, Russia, and Iran.

• Date: 08.11.2012  |  Published on EGF: 08.11.2012  |  External Relations  |  from voltairenet.org

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has announced that Russia is to lend Vietnam some $10 billion to build that country's first nuclear power plant.

• Date: 08.11.2012  |  Published on EGF: 08.11.2012  |  Energy  |  from rferl.org

The U.S. will continue supporting Georgia's aspiration to join NATO, its desire for greater economic growth and more jobs and prosperity in the future, U.S. Ambassador Richard Norland said at an event in connection with the presidential elections in the U.S.

• Date: 07.11.2012  |  Published on EGF: 07.11.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

An agreement on cooperation in the military sphere was signed between the defense ministries of Azerbaijan and Italy. The document was signed during Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev's visit to Italy, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.

• Date: 07.11.2012  |  Published on EGF: 07.11.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Although China is under pressure by Western powers due to its close relations with Iran, but China expands ties with Iran unconcerned by the pressures, IRNA quoted China Ambassador to Iran Yu Hongyang as saying on Tuesday.

• Date: 07.11.2012  |  Published on EGF: 07.11.2012  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland intends to meet with Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili in the near future.

• Date: 06.11.2012  |  Published on EGF: 06.11.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az