Areshev comments on Russian relations with CIS and security interests
Moscow has held a summit of CIS states. Andrey Areshev, a scientist of the Institute for Political and Social Studies of the Black Sea and Caspian Region, expert of the Center for Central Asian and Caucasus Studies of the Institute for Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told Vestnik Kavkaza that the summit was organized during the switch of power in Russia, the formation of the Cabinet and the clarification of foreign policy.Russia and Iran negotiate Caspian Sea problems
Igor Bratchikov, head of the Russian negotiation group for the Caspian Sea, has met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Mehdi Akhundzade in Tehran, Trend reports.The sides discussed processes in the Caspian Region, negotiations with other Caspian states and the need for a swift solution of the sea’s status and regional cooperation.Bratchikov said that he arrived in Tehran for consultations on realization of agreements and preparations for the upcoming summit of Caspian states in Russia.
Turkmenistan to concentrate on Caspian Sea
Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov will now be responsible for the Caspian policy. Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov approved the new staff of the inter-department commission for the Caspian Sea and appointed Rashid Meredov as its chairman.Co-chairs of OSCE MG to meet in Yerevan
Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Robert Bradtke (USA), Jacques Faure (France), Igor Popov (Russia) will meet Armenian authorities in Yerevan on Saturday, News Armenia reports.The co-chairs will meet Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian.They also plan a visit to Azerbaijan.The latest visit of co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group was organized in March 2012.Medvedev receives congratulatory messages on becoming PM
Foreign politicians are congratulating Dmitry Medvedev on becoming Russian Prime Minister, replacing Vladimir Putin, who has become President, RIA Novosti reports.Congratulatory letters were received from Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov and Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich.
Putin congratulates CIS and Georgia on Victory Day
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent messages of congratulation marking the 67th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of May 9 to CIS states, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Georgia.
Turkmenistan describes exploitation of Caspian potential as strategic
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said at a Cabinet session that Turkmenistan enforces peace, consent and stability in the Caspian Sea region and wants a constructive dialogue according to international law and the national interests of all states.
