Russia holds substantive talks with US on Ukraine — foreign minister

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Moscow is taking the situation on the ground into account, Sergey Lavrov noted

MOSCOW, November 15. /TASS/. Russia is holding substantive talks with the United States on Ukraine and a settlement to the conflict, taking into account its root causes and realities on the ground, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

"At least with the US side, we are having substantive discussions based on facts, including the situation on the ground and the root causes of the conflict, including attitudes toward the Russian language, Russian culture, the Orthodox religion and so on," Lavrov told Vesti correspondent Pavel Zarubin.

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