Energy talks have ended in the Uzbek capital without a breakthrough that would allow for energy-hungry Tajikistan to import Turkmen electricity.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, currently on a three-day visit to Brussels, has said he has recognized the EU's growing aversion to enlargement.

Energy security and efforts to revive stalled negotiations on a new EU-Russian cooperation pact are expected to take center stage at upcoming talks between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The prime ministers of Russia and Belarus, Mikhail Fradkov and Syarhey Sidorski, are continuing talks today on issues related to the transit of Russian oil through Belarus to Western Europe.