Israel and Georgia discuss visa-free travel
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Iran and China
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Iranian parliamentary speaker calls for closer ties with China
Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Ali Larijani says the Islamic Republic and China should develop “sustainable” economic relations, calling the mutual economic cooperation as “complementary,”
Iran prioritizes trade with China
Iranian Ambassador to China Mehdi Safari said at a business council in China that the two states should increase trade.The ambassador noted that Iranian businessmen attended over 30 international exhibitions in China in the past year (ending on March 20, according to Iranian calendar).
Chances for Assad
Factors which contribute to holding the power are listed by Vladimir Yevseyev
Clinton advises Kerry to understand Russia
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has advised her successor John Kerry to wait and learn the true goals of the new Russian authorities.Clinton considers it was a mistake for Russia to boot USAID out. The agency was helping fight tuberculosis and form mortgage companies.Commenting on the Dmitry Yakovlev bill, she called it a tragedy, because many children had lost their chance of finding a family.
Turkey is world's worst jailer of journalists - watchdog
Turkey has more journalists in jail than any other country, followed by Iran and China, the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Tuesday
Turkmenistan hosts OGT-2012
Turkmenistan is hosting the International Oil and Gas Conference (OGT-2012) organized by the Ministry for Oil and Gas, Trade and Industry Chamber and Summit Trade Events Ltd (UK) in Ashkhabad.Business officials were informed about prospects of petroleum industry and were offered to determine forms of cooperation, study investment opportunities at the Turkmen market.Companies for exploration and extraction of hydrocarbons, development of oil fields, shipment of equipment, transportation, storage and processing of oil and gas are taking part in an exhibition.
Iran and Armenia to discuss construction of railway
The Iranian Energy Minister, head of the Armenian-Iranian intergovernmental commission Majid Namdzhu, said today that Yerevan and Tehran have agreed to hold discussions on the construction of the Iran-Armenia railway."There is an agreement to hold a discussion of various issues related to the construction of the railway, with the participation of all stakeholders, in Armenia or in Iran,” Namdzhu said after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on the results of the 11th meeting of the Committee held in Yerevan on 23 -25 October, ARKA reports.
Turkmen hydrocarbon reserves exceed 71 billion of oil equivalent
The hydrocarbon reserves of Turkmenistan exceed 20.8 billion tons of oil and 50.8 trillion cubic meters of gas (71.6 billion tons of oil equivalent), acting Minister for Petroleum Industry and Mineral Resources Kakageldy Abdullayev said, RIA Novosti reports.
CICA to become platform for integration
Astana is hosting the 4th session of foreign ministers of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA). Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev emphasized that CICA had become a forum of multilateral diplomacy consisting of 24 states (90% of Asian territory and half of world population).
Trade between Iran and China declined 2.7% from the beginning of the year
According to the latest data of the Customs Administration of Iran, in the first four months of this year (20.03 to 21.07.12) the volume of trade between Iran and China decreased by 2.7% to over $ 3.7 billion, Iran News reports, referring to ISNA.Exports of Iran to China fell by 11% to $2.6 billion, and legal imports from China increased by 4% to $2.1 billion.
New Pentagon agency to focus on Iran and China
The Pentagon is creating a new intelligence agency that will focus on Iran and China as it begins to pivot away from war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan, Agence France-Presse cites The New York Times as saying.
Turkmenistan's Berdimuhamedov to visit Ankara
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov plans to visit Turkey on February 29, Trend reports.Turkey has invited the re-elected president to make his first visit to Ankara. The fact demonstrates traditional interstate partnership of Turkey and Turkmenistan.
Russia-China-USA: V-shaped world
Sergey Rogov: “Competition with China rather than with Russia dominates in the current foreign policy of the USA”
Tomorrow Turkmenistan elects its president
Tomorrow Turkmenistan will hold presidential elections. Eight candidates are running for the presidency
Iran plans to boost trade with China up to 100 billion dollars
The head of the Iranian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Asadolla Asgarouladi, saidthat in 2011 trade turnover between the two countries will exceed 40billion dollars during his speech at the conference "InvestmentOpportunities in Iran" at a Beijing shopping center, Iran News reports.Asgarouladi noted that this figure could even exceed 42 billion dollars.Asgarouladi also said that the volume of trade between Iran and China isexpected to amount to 100 billion dollars.
China considers investment in gas plant construction in Iran
Iran and China are holding talks devoted to possible Chinese investment in the construction of the liquefied gas producing plant in Iranian Assaluya, Iran News reports.The news agency also said that Iran is planing to become the world's largest producer of liquefied gas by 2015.
Iran urges security cooperation with China
The Islamic Republic of Iran and China have emphasized on the importance of bolstering bilateral cooperation to counter common security threats, Press TV reports. Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili and Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Meng Jianzhu held talks in the central Russian city of Yekaterinburg on Wednesday concerning bilateral security cooperation and the latest developments in the region.
China increases imports of Iranian oil
Despite Western efforts to reduce trade volume between Iran and China,Beijing has increased imports of Iranian oil, as proven by recentstatistics, IRNA reports referring to the Chinese oil company"Sinopec".In 2011, the Sinopec company imports daily from Iran up to 90,000barrels of light oil, which is approximately 40% more than comparedwith the same period last year.According to Chinese customs administration, the exchange of oil andpetroleum products between China and Iran has grown significantly
Iranian-Chinese trade turnover to exceed $40 billion
The Iranian Ambassador to China, Mahdi Safari, says commercial transactions between Tehran and Beijing are growing, so that total trade turnover could exceed $40 billion by the middle of March 2012, Press TV reports.“Trade ties between Iran and China exceeded $21 billion in the first six months of 2011,” Safari said in the Chinese capital of Beijing on Tuesday.
