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MPs will begin debating Theresa May's Brexit plan again on Wednesday, nearly a month after she postponed the crunch Commons vote on her agreement, reported BBC. 

There will be five days of discussion on the terms of the UK's withdrawal and future relations with the EU ahead of an expected vote next Tuesday.

The European Union is not trying to keep Britain in and wants to start discussing future ties the moment the UK parliament approves Brexit, partly to focus on its own unity ahead of May elections, the head of the bloc's executive has said.

President Klaus Iohannis sent a letter on Tuesday to Prime Minister Viorica Dancila, asking her to include on the agenda of the forthcoming Gov't sitting the topic of the protection of the rights and interests of Romanian citizens living in the United Kingdom.

Romania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) welcomes the agreement of the negotiators of the European Union and the UK on the final version of the text of the agreement on UK pulling out of the EU.

This is stated in the UK parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee report, which adds that many of the witnesses it heard "suggested that, by contrast, Russian influence in the region is weak, not least because its economic presence is limited."

President of the Senate Calin Popescu-Tariceanu met on Friday with the Lord Fowler, who is currently the Speaker of the House of Lords in the United Kingdom Parliament, occasion on which he underscored the special importance that Romania grants to the Strategic Partnership with the UK.

Britain's defence secretary Gavin Williamson announced on Friday the deployment of additional troops to Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections in October.

The Times of London reported that 40 specialist military personnel were being sent to counter Russian influence, a growing cause of concern to NATO.

Deputy Prime Minister Ana Birchall met on Tuesday with a delegation of the UK Parliament's friendship group with Romania, made up of Bob Blackman, John Grogan, Drew Hendry and Carol Monaghan, context in which she reiterated, regarding the Brexit topic, the importance of defending the rights of the Romanian citizens and their families who live, work or study in the United Kingdom.

During her meeting with Japanese Ambassador Junichi Maruyama in Belgrade on Wednesday, Brnabic said this will be true regarding "further improvement of relations and dialogue between the two countries."

"Today, I had the special honor to receive congratulations on the year-end holidays from President of the United States of America Donald Trump," Haradinaj wrote.

He interpreted the message as "confirmation of permanent friendship between Pristina and Washington."