| February 2007 |
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A session of heads of delegations to six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program has started in Beijing after 17 hours of continuous negotiations, and will continue tomorrow, the press service at the talks said Monday. 
Qatar's emir said Monday he backed Russia's proposal to hold an international conference on the Middle East in a bid to resolve the region's conflicts. 
Moscow has demanded an explanation from Washington of the U.S. defense secretary's statements regarding the unpredictability of developments in Russia, North Korea, Iran and China, a Russian foreign ministry spokesman said Monday. 
Russia is still considering the idea of establishing an international natural gas cartel similar to OPEC and will coordinate its actions on the issue with other major gas producers, President Vladimir Putin said Monday. 
The Russian foreign minister's visit to the United Arab Emirates February 14-16 will focus on the resolution of the Middle East conflict, including the idea of an international conference, an official spokesman of the Foreign Ministry said Monday. 
A former Ukrainian foreign minister said Monday that Russia's purported decision to blacklist Volodymyr Ohryzko is an attempt to foil his confirmation by parliament as the new foreign minister. 
The completion of a laboratory module for the International Space Station depends on financing, but it should be ready for launch in 2009, the head of the Khrunichev State Space Scientific Production Center said Monday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a federal law allowing the transplantation of human organs and tissues not only in state but also in municipal hospitals, the Kremlin press service said Monday. 
Russia's president said on the second day of his landmark visit to Saudi Arabia that the two countries, the world's top oil producers, were partners rather than rivals in the energy sector. 



