US to hold nuclear talks with North Korea in China
A US envoy will hold talks with North Korea on its nuclear program in Beijing next week, the first such negotiations since the death of the nation's longtime leader, Kim Jong II.
China, Russia undecided on Arab plan for Syria
China and Russia declined to say Monday whether they would support an Arab League initiative calling for the U.N. Security Council to back a joint U.N.-Arab peacekeeping force for Syria.
Azerbaijani FM receives Uzbek ambassador
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov has today received ambassador of Uzbekistan to Azerbaijan Ismatilla Ergashev who has completed his diplomatic mission in the country the Ministry's press-service told Trend on Monday.
Iran to present nuclear projects 'in days'
A defiant Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Saturday to inaugurate "important nuclear projects" within days and lashed out at Israel, saying the "story" of the Holocaust underpinning its existence had been "smashed".
European Election Monitors 'Can't Get A Meeting' With Putin
A group of European vote monitors say they have been denied a meeting with Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Putin because of his busy schedule
NATO Special Representative Holds Talks In Azerbaijan
NATO special representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai visited Azerbaijan on February 11 to discuss routes from NATO cargo to, and from Afghanistan.
Ukraine Wants to Help Russia Facilitate Non-Stop Gas Supply to Europe
"We are ready, upon official request from Russia, to grant extra gas to Europe," said Ukraine's Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko. In his interview to CNN, the Ukrainian minister explained that currently Ukraine receives 400 million cubic meters of gas per day on its eastern border instead of the required 500 million due to extremely cold weather in Russia. This caused a drop in the amount of gas Europe received through Ukrainian pipeline.
EU looks to Azerbaijan for gas - by any route
Afflicted by an unusually cold spell, and with diplomatic tensions in its neighbourhood adding pressure on energy supplies, the European Commission is backing future gas deliveries from Azerbaijan, irrespective of the pipeline used, Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger told dpa in an interview conducted in Brussels this week.
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