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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said Saturday in Berlin that the challenges of Crimea must be dealt with "in the respect of Ukrainian unity and sovereignty." Barroso made the remarks in Berlin when addressing the third General Assembly on the New Narrative for Europe, which German Chancellor Angela Merkel also took part in, according to a Commission statement issued in Brussels.

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