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Russia and Ukraine have a fairly good chance to make a fresh step in promoting bilateral relations, said Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

“I think we can resolve the most complicated economic and other
problems,” Medvedev told his Ukrainian counterpart Mykola Azarov in Kyiv
on June 27.

“We need to move in a pragmatic spirit,” he said.

“No abstract cooperation or abstract friendship exists. To be more
exact, it does exist, but it is not bringing any results. Interstate
friendship and partnership is a combination of concrete economic
projects,” Medvedev said.

“We have ample opportunity to make a fresh step in promoting our
socioeconomic cooperation, the more so since we have posted fairly good
results,” the Russian prime minister said.