- Iran has the right to peaceful nuclear energy if it observes the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
- they agreed to start preparing a cooperation plan to develop Russia's eastern regions and China's northeast
- they reaffirmed their commitment to bring about a solution to the Korean Peninsula's nuclear problem
- Russia and China will continue to cooperate actively in the world arena, including within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
- Russia and China feel that talks need to be held on an international agreement to prevent the deployment of weapons in space
* The head of the Russian Railways monopoly said the company was ready to deliver up to 15 million metric tons (17.8 million barrels) of oil to China in 2007 if oil companies of the two countries signed relevant contracts
* Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the resolution of the UN Security Council will not stop his country's nuclear program "for a second"
* Tehran resumed financing of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran, an aide to the head of the federal nuclear energy agency said
* The Georgian Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit against Russia with the European Court of Human Rights for the alleged illegal deportation of Georgian citizens last year, a ministry spokeswoman said
* Britain asked Russia to help win the release of 15 sailors detained by Iranian authorities March 23 for allegedly entering Iranian waters
* Armenian President Robert Kocharyan accepted the government's resignation following the death of Prime Minister Andranik Markaryan, a government spokesman said. Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisyan was appointed acting prime minister
* NATO's secretary general said the proposed deployment of a U.S. missile shield in Central Europe had to be discussed within the Russia-NATO Council
* Gazprom signed a production-sharing agreement (PSA) with Libya's National Oil Company to prospect and develop a hydrocarbon field on the Mediterranean shelf, the Russian energy giant said
* Russian pilots conducted flights in F-16 Falcon fighters during a Russian Air Force delegation visit to NATO bases in Germany, an Air Force spokesman said
* A Moscow court upheld a decision to move Yukos founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky from jail to a pre-trial detention center in Siberia after new fraud charges were filed against him
* Coca-Cola plans to build a 120-million-euro (about $160 million) bottling plant in southern Russia, the head of the company's Moscow-based office and the regional governor said
* NATO member countries will assist Ukraine in reforming its defense and security sector, John Colston, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defense Policy and Planning, told a news conference
* Preliminary investigation results indicate that the methane explosion at a mine in West Siberia, where more than 100 people died, was caused by serious breaches in safety regulations, the technological watchdog said
* Latvian Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis arrived in Moscow to sign a treaty expected to resolve a territorial dispute that has long soured the Baltic nation's relations with neighboring Russia, the premier's press office said
* Kyrgyzstan's president said he was ready to meet the opposition's demand to transform state television into public as his second concession to reformers
* Germany's immigration authorities refused to grant political asylum to a Chechen poet whom Russian officials accuse of being a mouthpiece for the Chechen separatist movement, a leading German magazine said
* Ukraine's Emergencies Ministry said rescuers had evacuated 608 of 634 miners from a mineshaft fire in eastern Ukraine, while the remaining 26 miners stayed underground to help put the blaze out
* A Sri Lankan national was brutally beaten by a group of unknown assailants in St. Petersburg, raising further concerns over an upsurge of hate crime in Russia's second city
* Israel's Defense Ministry said the country had conducted a successful launch of a modernized interceptor missile used as part of the Hetz (Arrow II) missile defense system
