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AGERPRES correspondent Florentina Peia reports: President Klaus Iohannis met his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko on Thursday in Brussels, on the sidelines of the informal meeting of the European Council. They discussed bilateral relations and regional matters, official sources said.

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Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu on Thursday said that the Agreement of Minsk represents "a positive step, if implemented strictly and hostilities end on Sunday."

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"I am anxiously waiting for concrete results," Aurescu added on the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) Twitter account.

Kiev and the pro-Russian rebels have signed a roadmap for the implementation of the ceasefire drafted during the marathon 17-hour talks in Minsk, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko.

Poroshenko, as cited by AFP and The Telegraph, informed that the contact group had signed a document that had been prepared amid substantial tension.

Ceasefire and political agreement reached in Minsk

MINSK -- Vladimir Putin, Petro Poroshenko, Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande have agreed on a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine after marathon negotiations in Minsk.

The ceasefire in the east of Ukraine will come into force at midnight on February 15, said the Russian president.

The International Monetary Fund and conflict-torn Ukraine have reached a preliminary deal on a new financial rescue plan worth $17.5 billion dollars that could be a "turning point" for Kyiv, Christine Lagarde said Feb. 12.
      

Ukraine said on Feb. 12 there was no good news yet after 14 hours of tortuous talks between Kiev, Moscow, Berlin and France, as the Kremlin was posing "unacceptable conditions" on ending the 10-month conflict in the ex-Soviet country.
      

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the ceasefire in Ukraine was set to begin at midnight on February 15. The deal was announced after 17-hour negotiations among representatives of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine in Minsk, Belarus.

Leaders of the so-called Normandy group - France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine - gathered in Minsk on Wednesday to try to strike a peace deal for eastern Ukraine.

The Bulgarian government is set on discussing the tensions regarding Ukrainian minorities, including the increased army mobilization of Bulgarian nationals with Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo Klimkin during his upcoming visit.

The position has also been expressed before the Ukrainian Ambassador to Sofia Mykola Baltazhy, a press release from Tuesday revealed.

CNN refers to Ukraine's army as "pro-U.S. troops"

MOSCOW -- "Social media is abuzz," RT is reporting, after CNN labeled Ukrainian Army forces fighting in the country's southeast as "pro-U.S. troops."

The American network scrolled a headline during a report dedicated to talks between Barack Obama and Angela Merkel that read, "Obama considers arming pro-U.S. troops."