Eurasia

Criticism by the G7 group of nations of Russia’s actions in Georgia is biased and groundless, Russian officials say.

A Bosnian-born man has pleaded not guilty in Norway’s first war crimes trial since the end of World War II.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian and Turkish education ministers met here in Tehran on Wednesday in a bid to improve ties and enhance mutual cooperation in the field of culture and education.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Azerbaijan’s national oil company, SOCAR, said on Monday it had begun exporting Azeri Light crude to Iran to compensate for export constraints imposed by a pipeline blast in Turkey and war in Georgia.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Turkish energy minister’s trip to Iran to firm up energy deals between the two countries is expected to be delayed by two weeks until mid-September, an energy ministry source said on Thursday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Ambassador to Belarus Abdolhamid Fekri presented the National Art Museum of Belarus with a unique Persian carpet and a silver hand-made vase at the end of his mission to Minsk.

TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s parliament approved a resolution on Thursday calling on the government to cut diplomatic ties with Russia after Moscow backed the secession of two Georgian rebel regions.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) held a session on Tuesday to discuss the ways for promotion of Iran and Serbia bilateral trade ties.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Turkmenistan will decide about the new price of imported gas from Turkmenistan by the end of the current year, Iran’s ambassador to Turkmenistan said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia successfully tested a long-range Topol missile designed to avoid detection by anti-missile defence systems from its Plesetsk launch site, a Russian military spokesman said on Thursday.