Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Sept. 22

Lithuania's defense and agriculture ministers are to face interpellation procedure next week, revealed the speaker of the country's parliament on Thursday.

On Thursday, the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament Loreta Grauziniene announced that the country's defense minister Juozas Olekas and agriculture minister Virginija Baltraitiene must reply to interpellation questions by next Tuesday and then face a voting at the Seimas, the country's parliament. (Lithuania-Ministers)

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KABUL -- Afghan government and the radical Islamic party the Hizb-e-Islami led by Gulbudin Hekmatyar finally inked a draft peace agreement after lengthy talks here on Thursday vowing to cement peace process and national reconciliation in the insurgency-ridden country.

A former prime minister and dissident warlord Hekmatyar, according to Afghans, had played a significant role in the bloody factional fighting erupted after the fall of the then Najibullah's government in 1991 until Kabul was captured by Taliban group in 1996. (Afghanistan-Peace Deal)

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MOSCOW -- The United States has not fulfilled its obligations under a ceasefire deal in Syria, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Thursday.

"We are concerned about the way the agreement is being sabotaged by a number of structures and of course, the anti-government forces in Syria and their foreign supporters," he told local media. (Russia-US-Syria Ceasefire)

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BEIJING -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday expounded China's proposals to promote global development, which were warmly welcomed by experts.

Speaking at the annual high-level debate at the UN General Assembly, Li reiterated China's commitment to sustainable development and its international obligations. (China-UN-Premier Speech) Endi