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Russia’s envoy to UN Churkin expects that crises in Syria, Ukraine to be settled before yearend

Published June 14, 2016 at 8:41 pm

Vitaly Churkin, Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (U.N.), attends a U.N. Security Council meeting on September 30, 2015 in New York City.

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MOSCOW - Russian permanent envoy to the UN Vitaly Churkin hopes that an end to the Syrian and Ukrainian crises is going to be put before UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon leaves his office this year.

“Many things have to happen in this half-year. We hope that a line will be finally drawn under the Syrian crisis,” he said on Rossiya-24 (VGTRK) television.

“I hope that a line is going to be drawn under the Ukrainian crisis as well,” Churkin said.