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Russia has no plan to leave naval base in Ukraine

NOVOROSSIISK, Russia
Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:58am EDT
A sailor stands in front of the Russian missile cruiser Moskva in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Sevastopol September 16, 2008. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov

NOVOROSSIISK, Russia (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday it has no plans to leave its naval base in Ukraine's Black Sea port city of Sevastopol.

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"We are not setting such a target -- to leave Sevastopol -- for ourselves," General Nikolai Makarov, head of Russia's general staff, told reporters. "We have an agreement in force until 2017. Without a doubt, events can later develop in different directions."

(Reporting by Denis Dyomkinl; Writing by Amie Ferris-Rotman and Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Louise Ireland)
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