A tender was held for the Kars-Tbilisi-Baku railway project, also known as the “Iron Silk Road,” in Ankara on Sept. 20. The railway will provide a direct connection between Turkey and Georgia, from where the line will also extend to Azerbaijan, Central Asia, China and Mongolia.

By 2012, a nuclear reactor will be launched in Azerbaijan between the cities of Baku and Sumgait, President of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan Makhmud Kerimov told reporters today.

Recently the British Financial Times reviewed the reasons for the low voter turnout in elections in Egypt, Algeria and Morocco (Sept. 12, 2007).The report referred to many reasons for the indifference to political participation, but the major reason, the paper argues, seems to be the popular belief that the views …

Turkey will sign a $3 billion energy accord with Iran next month, ignoring U.S. warnings to abondon the deal because of international sanctions against Iran for its nuclear research and advises to seek alternatives such as agreeing with other regional suppliers including Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. “Turkey is proceeding with plans …

GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AFP) – Negotiators were in touch Friday with the captors of four Red Cross workers, two of them foreigners, who were held in Afghanistan during a mission to free a German kidnapped by the Taliban.Contact had been made with the group that seized the men on Wednesday in …

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two foreigners from the Red Cross who helped free a group of South Korean captives last month have been kidnapped in Afghanistan after talking with militants about the release of a German hostage, officials said Thursday.

Iran on Thursday criticized the recent statements of the Argentine president who accused Tehran of lack of cooperation in solving the AMIA case, and said that those in charge of the incident escaped punishment due to the existing corruption in the judiciary system of that country.

Iranian and Indonesian presidents in a meeting in New York Wednesday afternoon underlined the need for the rapid formation of the two countries’ joint cooperation commission.

Vietnam’s Foreign Minister Pham Gia Kheim described Iran as a large country with a significant role in the region, and called for the boosting of his country’s trade ties and exchanges with the Islamic Republic.

Deployment of occupying forces and insecurity are Iraq’s problems, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in a meeting with his Australian counterpart Alexander Downer in New York on Thursday.