(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Russia called Saturday for taking immediate measures to stop military operations in eastern Ukraine.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in a phone call with US Secretary of State John Kerry, said the "extremist" armed groups in Ukraine should be deterred, the political prisoners in eastern Ukraine should be released and a comprehensive national dialogue should begin to pave way for constitutional reforms.
Kerry told Lavrov that Washington would try persuade the authorities in Kiev to de-escalate tension in eastern provinces, a statement by the foreign ministry said.
The two ministers also discussed the abduction of a team of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in eastern Ukraine.
Lavrov and Kerry also discussed destruction of Syria's chemical weapons.
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