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President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov made a number of appointments within the government, the official Turkmen source said on Wednesday.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai on the eve of Nowruz holiday will pay a visit to Tajikistan

The consortium of the Azerbaijani Shah Deniz gas condensate field development will make a decision on a preferable pipeline route to transport gas to Europe by the middle of 2013, Dow Jones reported on Wednesday with the reference to Austrian OMV’s CEO Gerhard Roiss.

The Georgian President expressed his deepest regret over the death in Afghanistan of three Georgian servicemen, corporals Valiko Beraya, Ruslan Meladze and Paata Kacharava

Nabucco consortium continues supporting the project's original conception, which envisages the construction of the pipeline from Turkey's eastern borders to Austrian Baumgarten, Reinhard Mitschek, Managing Director, Nabucco Gas Pipeline International told Trend in a statement sent via e-mail on Tuesday.

Hopes for defusing the Iranian nuclear crisis were thwarted Wednesday when the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Iran did not agree to clear up nuclear weapons allegations and refused access to a site during a visit by senior agency officials.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed decrees on appointments in the government on Tuesday, an official Turkmen source said today.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and his spouse Mehriban Aliyeva have today attended an opening ceremony of a monument to national hero Koroglu in the Koroglu park here.

Individuals, acting in an organized group, aimed at committing terrorist acts against foreign nationals have been arrested in Azerbaijan, state television AzTV reported with reference to Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan.

Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) remains a strong contender to win Azerbaijani gas transportation bid, the Managing Director of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) Kjetil Tungland told Trend on Monday.

The UN appreciates close cooperation with Turkmenistan, in particular the activity of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, with headquarters in Ashgabat, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s letter to the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov says.