Mindaugas Sinkevičius
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Baltic states push EU to ban transit of Russian grain through bloc territory
Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia are jointly urging the European Union to ban the transit of Russian grain through EU territory and to add Russian agricultural oligarchs to the sanctions list. Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius announced the initiative, and the three Baltic leaders addressed a joint letter to European Council President António Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The push comes amid concerns that Russian exporters, including grain allegedly stolen from occupied Ukrainian territories, are using Baltic and other European infrastructure to reach world markets.
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Japanese House Speaker Eisuke Mori makes first visit to Ukraine, greeted by Verkhovna Rada chairman
Eisuke Mori, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Japanese Parliament, arrived in Ukraine on September 14 on his first visit to the country. He was met at a Kyiv railway station by Ruslan Stefanchuk, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament. The two had met the previous day on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Paris.