KIEV (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Wednesday that an agreement between Ukrainian troops and separatist rebels to withdraw troops in three areas of eastern Ukraine could be signed next week.
Speaking on a visit to Kiev, Ayrault also criticised the fact that the upcoming Russian parliamentary elections would include voting in Crimea, territory annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014.
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