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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he believes that Mikheil Saakashvili, former president of Georgia, should not be made a mediator in the process of improvement of relations between Russia and Ukraine

Lavrov said some Ukrainian politicians have suggested discussing the
inclusion of Saakashvili in the team of the new president of Ukraine.

“I think he should definitely not be made a mediator in the relations
between our countries,” he told a press conference on May 26.