WorldWe, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission welcome the "Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements" adopted by their original signatories on 12 th February 2015 in Minsk. Implementation of the "Minsk Package" offers a way forward to a comprehensive, sustainable, and peaceful resolution to the crisis in eastern Ukraine. The tragedies in Ukraine and the Middle East were among the main subjects debated by MEPs during the February plenary in Strasbourg. Ahead of Thursday's extraordinary European summit, the Parliament also discussed security measures such as the exchange of passenger name records between member states to better track terror suspects. It also asked that the origin or processed meat is clearly indicated to better inform consumers and launched an investigation of tax-related rulings. After her arrival to Brussels to take part in an informal meeting of the European Council, Lithuania's leader Dalia Grybauskaite says that the latest agreement reached in Minsk on early Thursday is only partial and it is not clear yet if it is going to be implemented. The torture methods used by the CIA to extract information from detainees have sparked another debate in Parliament in the wake of the US Senate publishing its report on the CIA's detention and interrogation programme. MEPs were asked to vote on two different resolutions on this on 11 February, but only one of them was adopted. We talked to S&D member Birgit Sippel and EPP member Elmar Brok to find out why their political groups had different views on the issue. EU member states have relaunched peace talks with Russia and Ukraine to prevent the situation in the country from deteriorating any further. On Monday the EP's foreign affairs committee discussed the situation with Alexey Pushkov, the chair of the Duma's international affairs committee. After the meeting, we talked to Othmar Karas, an Austrian member of the EPP group and chair of the EP delegation to the EU-Russia parliamentary cooperation committee, to find out his views. EU Foreign Affairs Council confirms inclusion of additional Russian, Ukrainian citizens in EU sanctions list2015-02-10, 11:30During the European Union Foreign Affairs Council's meeting in Brussels on Monday, a decision was made on the inclusion of additional Russian and Ukrainian citizens in the list of EU sanctions, Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (Unity) wrote in his "Twitter" profile last night. Ukraine has asked Lithuania to provide practical expertise solving concrete euro-integration issues in railway, sea transport and mail sectors. President Dalia Grybauskaitė, currently attending the international Munich Security Conference, met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. During their bilateral meeting, the Presidents discussed the situation in Ukraine and EU support for this country. On Saturday, February 7, President Dalia Grybauskaitė is travelling to Germany to attend the Munich Security Conference. The President has been invited to this international conference as a keynote speaker at the presidential debate on European security and situation in Ukraine. Lithuania is getting ready to export beef to Japan. While it is undergoing necessary authorisation procedures, Lithuanian exporters will participate in the international exhibition of food and drinks Foodex Japan 2015. The 40th exhibition takes place in Tokyo on 3-6 March. |
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