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French President François Hollande called on all parties in the Ukraine conflict to draw up a roadmap to end the crisis, after talks with his Ukrainian counterpart yesterday (13 October) in which he urged early elections to be held in rebel-held Eastern Ukraine.

The aim would be to help Ukraine regain control of its borders with Russia, he said, after speaking by telephone with Petro Poroshenko, the French presidency said in a statement.

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