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Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap is opportunity to resolve crisis - French minister

Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap is opportunity to resolve crisis - French minister
FILE PHOTO: French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian attends a news conference during the Foreign ministers of G7 nations meeting in Dinard, France, April 6, 2019. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe Copyright  STEPHANE MAHE(Reuters)
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PARIS (Reuters) - France's foreign minister said on Sunday a prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia was an opportunity to find a solution to the crisis.

"There is an opportunity, a door opened to start making progress towards settling this conflict," Le Drian told Europe 1 radio,

Russia and Ukraine swapped dozens of prisoners on Saturday in a carefully-negotiated rapprochement that brought Western praise and could thaw a freeze in relations since Moscow's annexation of the Crimea region in 2014.

(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; Edited by David Evans)

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