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Kremlin aide Vladislav Surkov said that fresh ideas of resolving the Ukraine crisis had emerged during his first meeting with U.S. special representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker on August 21, the Interfax news agency reported.

“The meeting was useful and constructive,” the agency cited Surkov as telling reporters after the meeting held in the Belarussian capital Minsk.

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