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"I've just spoken with Lavrov about the release of our hostages and political prisoners, as well as the format of a possible UN peacekeeping mission for occupied Donbas. The positions are sundered, but we'll have to work further. We have also talked about the JCCC [the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination] and touched on his annual press conference," Klimkin wrote on Twitter.

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