MOSCOW - Russia and Ukraine have established a diplomatic communication channel through their respective embassies in Belarus to address consular and legal matters, local media reported Friday.

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Alexey Polishchuk, head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Second CIS Department, told Russia's RIA Novosti news agency that the two nations maintain correspondence primarily through the embassy-mediated channel, describing the interaction as focused on procedural and consular affairs.