Will India, China and Pakistan bid for Afghan minerals?
Following a US report about Afghanistan's valuable mineral resources, the Afghan government is gearing up to seek foreign investment and a public bid to extract these minerals is expected to start later this year.
China puts down marker in nuclear power race
China announced in late April the sale of two nuclear reactors to Pakistan. This deal is clearly against the guidelines of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and the spirit if not the letter of the nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT)
Is Bulgaria Tilting From Moscow To Washington?
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said on Friday that Bulgaria was “giving up” on the billion-.5 billion Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project decision, and that construction on the planned Belene nuclear power plant had been suspended.
Russia's Medvedev makes surprise visit to Chechnya
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made a surprise visit to Chechnya on Monday after a series of attacks in the troubled North Caucasus region, where the Kremlin is struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency.
Turkish minister denies claims Turkish policy not interested in Central Asia
Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said the views that Turkish foreign policy was not so interested in developments in Central Asia were baseless.
China, Kazakhstan sign gas, nuclear energy deals
China and Kazakhstan have agreed to build and finance a gas pipeline and deepen cooperation in atomic energy, giving Beijing greater access to Astana's vast uranium resources.
Lithuanian president criticizes Russia over new nuclear plants
The sites for two new nuclear power plants, in Russia's Kaliningrad exclave and in Belarus, were selected with no environmental assessment and without consulting neighboring countries, Lithuania's president said on Monday.
India out of 'peace pipeline' as Iran, Pakistan seal gas deal
Iran has formally signed a $7.6-billion cross-border pipeline deal to supply 750 million cubic feet of natural gas daily to Pakistan from mid-2014, ignoring India that was part of the original plan conceived in the 1990s.
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