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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria H.E. Sebastian Kurz made a working visit to Ukraine on 16-17 January 2017.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has sent greetings to the personnel and veterans of Belarusian emergency response bodies who celebrate their professional holiday – Rescuer’s Day.

President Petro Poroshenko noted that in the course of the negotiations with U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, the parties had discussed the issue of Russian aggression against Ukraine. 

Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman met with Vice President of the United States Joe Biden.

Economy and defense should be the foundation of the Belarusian-Egyptian cooperation, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with Egypt Prime Minister Sherif Ismail in Cairo.

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Kai Mykkänen will lead a Team Finland visit to the United Arab Emirates on 16-19 January 2017.

Importantly also, the bill says that no U.S. Federal agency shall take any action or extend any assistance that recognizes or implies any recognition of the de jure or de facto sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Crimea or its airspace or territorial waters.

JKX Oil & Gas plc ('JKX') reports that yesterday the National Police of Ukraine carried out unexpected searches at the offices of its subsidiary Poltava Petroleum Company ('PPC'). The searches are part of an ongoing investigation announced by the Company on 15 June 2016.