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Russian deputy FM, US Nuland call for implementation of Ukraine peace accords

The officials confirmed their joint support for the full implementation of the February 12 Minsk agreements
US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev
US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland
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MOSCOW, June 17. /TASS/. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin and US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland held a meeting in Berlin on Wednesday during which they exchanged views on prospects of settling the crisis in Ukraine, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said.

The officials "confirmed their joint support for the full implementation of the February 12 Minsk agreements", the ministry said.

During their last meeting in Moscow on May 18, Karasin and Nuland discussed a wide range of issues relating to the Ukrainian conflict and exchanged views on possibilities for bilateral cooperation between Russia and the United States to facilitate a political settlement of the current crisis situation in Ukraine’s east.