Russia’s air force chief said Friday that Moscow would upgrade an air base in Tajikistan to make it capable of hosting Russian combat jets – expanding Russian military presence in the Central Asian nation that borders Afghanistan, the AP reported.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Bulgarian Economic and Energy Minister officially called for the transit of Iran’s gas to his country and other EU states via Iran-Azerbaijan pipeline.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An Iranian official said that once the natural gas liquefaction project by Pars LNG Company turns operational, a sum of 35 million tons of natural gas will be exported from Iran.