No normalization of ties between Ukraine and Russia is likely unless the region of Crimea, now under Russian control, is returned to Kyiv's sovereignty, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said on March 3.
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Reuters: Ukraine says return of Crimea a must for mending ties with Russia
French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius (L) walks with his Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Klimkin prior to their meeting along with the Foreign Affairs ministers from Russia and Germany at the French Foreign Affairs Ministry in Paris on Feb. 24, 2015.
