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Russia and the European Union have signed a protocol to set up an international commission to control the transit of Russian natural gas through Ukraine. 
Russia and the European Union have signed a protocol to set up an international commission to control the transit of Russian natural gas through Ukraine. 
The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has called for sending international observers to Gaza and urged the leadership of the Palestinian enclave to accept Egypt's ceasefire initiative. 
Russia's Foreign Ministry has accused Latvia of violating the rights of ethnic minorities by toughening its language policy, the official spokesman said on Saturday. 
Ukraine's president has promised to start providing 2 million cubic meters of natural gas daily to Bulgaria and Moldova from its own reserves on January 10, the presidential press service said on Saturday. 
The Czech prime minister said on Saturday that the EU has reached an oral agreement with Ukraine for Gazprom officials to join an international body to monitor gas transit through Ukraine, but Russia wants the deal to be signed. 
The United Nations will resume its humanitarian operations in Gaza later in the day having received security guarantees from Israel, a UN spokesman said on Saturday. 



