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 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry telephoned Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday to discuss the Ukraine issue.

 “The crisis situation in Ukraine was discussed in light of Russian and
U.S. proposals for normalizing the situation and achieving civil peace
in that country. The minister and secretary of state agreed to resume
their dialogue in the course of a bilateral meeting in London on March
14,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.