Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (FNA)- A delegation from a Russian nuclear power construction company Atomstroyexport will discuss the completion of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran on September 1, a company spokesman said on Friday.
Read More »Balochistan Demands Share for IPI Gas Transit
TEHRAN (FNA)- Pakistan’s Balochistan has demanded its share in the transit fee for the part of the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline to be passed through the province, sources in Pakistan Petroleum Ministry said.
Read More »Ahmadinejad Blames Georgia Crisis on Western Powers
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday blamed foreign interference for the crisis in Georgia and called on regional powers to come to a peaceful resolution.
Read More »Russian Delegation to Visit Iran This Month
TEHRAN (FNA)- A Russian delegation is scheduled to visit Iran to discuss the completion of Iran’s first nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Russian officials said.
Read More »Iran to Start Exporting Gas to Armenia by October 1st
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran will start gas exports to Armenia by Oct. 1st, head of the gas export operation office of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIOC) said following the latest round of talks between the two sides.
Read More »Karadzic plea entered as “not guilty” by tribunal
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The U.N. tribunal for the former Yugoslavia entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for war crimes and genocide charges on Friday after he refused to plead.
Read More »Russia urges West to refrain from sanctions
PARIS/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and European powers took a step back from confrontation over Georgia on Friday, with Moscow urging the EU not to rush into punitive action and France saying now was not the time for sanctions.
Read More »Georgia was the “last straw” for Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A keen sense the West cheated Moscow out of promised warmer ties after the Cold War explains why Russia, recovered from post-Soviet collapse, has refused to be cowed over Georgia and demanded its views be heard.
Read More »Latvia backs suspension of EU-Russia talks
RIGA (Reuters) – Latvia favors the suspension of talks on a new cooperation pact between the European Union and Russia until Moscow has withdrawn its troops from Georgia, the Baltic state’s foreign minister said on Friday.
Read More »Georgia cuts diplomatic ties with Russia
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia said on Friday it was cutting diplomatic ties with Russia over the Kremlin’s recognition of two Georgian rebel regions as independent states.”We have received instructions at the Foreign Ministry and we will cut diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation,” Deputy Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze told reporters.
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