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Kyiv hopes for a successful resolution of the Kerch issue with Russia next year.

"We hope for significant progress in the talks on delimitation of the maritime section of the border in the Black Sea and the Azov Sea, as well as in the Kerch Strait," the director of the Foreign Ministry’s information policy department, Oleh Voloshyn, said at a briefing on Tuesday.

He also mentioned the excellent work done together with their Russian counterparts on the demarcation of the joint border. According to Voloshyn, the parties have already started practical work in this area.