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Moscow - Russian presidential chief of staff Sergei Ivanov met with his Ukrainian counterpart Borys Lozhkin in Sochi on Friday, Aug. 15, the Kremlin press service said.

“A broad range of issues pertaining to bilateral relations was discussed during the conversation,” it said.

“The parties also agreed upon a meeting in the Normandy format at the level of the foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany, and France,” it said.

“The agenda and the range of issues will be discussed at the meeting itself,” it said.