Kyrgyzstan and China discussed the implementation of joint projects at the meeting of Kyrgyz Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov and Chinese ambassador to the country Wang Kaiwen, KyrTAG reported.

• Date: 11.05.2012  |  Published on EGF: 11.05.2012  |  External Relations  |  from en.trend.az

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will skip a planned visit to the United States this month for a key global summit and a much-anticipated meeting with President Barack Obama, the Kremlin confirmed Thursday, as he faced pressure from protests and opposition criticism at home.

• Date: 10.05.2012  |  Published on EGF: 10.05.2012  |  External Relations  |  from washingtonpost.com

The process of joining customs union may take an accelerated pace, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said during the visit of the President of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev in Astana, Novosti-Kazakhstan agency says.

• Date: 10.05.2012  |  Published on EGF: 10.05.2012  |  External Relations  |  from pda.trend.az

Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov and Turkmen President Gyrbanguly Berdymukhamedov have discussed bilateral relations during Kazykhanov's visit to Ashgabat.

• Date: 10.05.2012  |  Published on EGF: 10.05.2012  |  External Relations  |  from en.trend.az

Lithuania's government gave its final approval to several plans aimed at reducing its dependency on Russian energy sources on Wednesday, including a new nuclear power plant which it said could cost up to 7 billion euros ($9.10 billion).

• Date: 09.05.2012  |  Published on EGF: 09.05.2012  |  Energy  |  from reuters.com

A small Chinese company has struck oil in Kyrgyzstan, and leaders of the impoverished former Soviet republic said they hoped the first find by a foreign oil firm would encourage investors to explore its undeveloped energy and metals resources

• Date: 09.05.2012  |  Published on EGF: 09.05.2012  |  Energy  |  from silobreaker.com

Ukraine has postponed a summit of Central and East European leaders planned for this week after several of them said they would boycott it.

• Date: 08.05.2012  |  Published on EGF: 08.05.2012  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

World powers should focus on scrapping nuclear weapons and abiding by their own non-proliferation commitments rather than speculating about Iran's peaceful atomic work, the Iranian foreign ministry said

• Date: 08.05.2012  |  Published on EGF: 08.05.2012  |  Energy  |  from ynetnews.com