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the end of the conflict in ukraine that is enduring and acceptable to all parties engaged. the third point is to begin to work at a high level as well to begin to discuss and think about and examine both the geopolitical and economic cooperation that could result from an end to the conflict in ukraine. obviously we have to see that conflict come to a successful and enduring and in order for that to be possible. the last thing we agreed to was that our teams will be working on this. the four of us here today, five of us that were here today are going to remain engaged in this process to make sure that it is moving along in a productive way. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov confirmed that russia and the united states agreed to establish a process for settling the ukraine conflict and to remove barriers for diplomatic missions but took aim at previous us administrations, blaming president biden and nato expansion for causing the conflict in ukraine.

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