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This came after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier that Ukraine is allegedly preparing a "provocation."

Lavrov accused Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko of preparing a provocation for the end of December, on the border with Russia.

The Association was established in June 2018 and became an observer in the European Federation of Energy Law Associations.

It is interesting that even many EU member states are not covered by this kind of professional organization in the energy industry.

Some leading lawyers from European institutions in the field of energy law lectured at the conference in Belgrade.

In a post of Twitter, he added that the West was opposed to it, i.e., wanted a closed session.

"The West will most likely try to hide the legal brashness of Pristina, which is acting rudely and arrogantly, violating UN Security Council Resolution 1244, which remains in force and is the only legal basis for resolving the Kosovo issue," he wrote.

Some 1,500 migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean this weekend, an unusually high number for winter when crossings tend to slow because of difficult sea conditions, the Italian Coast Guard said on Feb. 5.

The number of people pulled to safety in the past two days brought to 4,500 the total saved since Feb. 1, AFP reported.

Hungarian Parliament approved on Tuesday the classification of some data in the contract on the expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant for a period of 30 years rather than 15.

Hungary will take EUR 10 B loan from Russia for the upgrade of its only nuclear power plant, which will be constructed by Rosatom, Daily News Hungary reports.

Russia and Ukraine are holding EU-brokered gas consultations in Berlin on Friday.

The meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian energy ministers Alexander Novak and Yuri Prodan and EU's outgoing energy commissioner Guenther Oettinger comes more than three months after Moscow cut off gas supplies to Kiev.

A new federal constitution and fresh elections are among suggestions that Russian Foreign Ministry made to Ukraine on Monday.

In a statement posted on its website, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged Ukraine's parliament to call a constitutional assembly and draft a new constitution which envisages handling more power to the regions.