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Peskov says Putin, Poroshenko could hold bilateral meeting in Minsk

Published Aug. 25, 2014 at 3:04 pm

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (R) walks past Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) during an international D-Day commemoration ceremony on the beach of Ouistreham, Normandy, on June 6, 2014, marking the 70th anniversary of the World War II.

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MOSCOW - Kremlin does not rule out the possibility of a separate bilateral meeting between Russian and Ukrainian presidents in Minsk on August 26 and expects an honest conversation on resolving crisis and humanitarian issues to occur during it.

“We firstly expect during this meeting, if it takes place after all, an honest conversation on resolving the Ukrainian crisis and humanitarian issues,” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Interfax.