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Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN: new demands on Russia included in the updated 'Crimean' UN resolution
The draft of the updated resolution "The Situation of Human Rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, Ukraine", which the Ukrainian delegation presented on Tuesday at the third committee of the UN General Assembly, contains a number of new demands on Russia, as well as an appeal to the organization’s Secretary-General regarding coordination of UN entities in the Crimea.
This was discussed by Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN, Voldymyr Yelchenko, reports Ukrinform. …
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Poroshenko called on the leaders of the Gulf States to stand up for the rights of Crimean Tatars
During his visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, President Petro Poroshenko met with the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, as indicated on the administration’s website.
According to the report, the both leaders discussed plans for the development of cooperation between Ukraine and the Arab Peninsula states.
During the meeting, Poroshenko introduced Mustafa Dzhemilev, a former Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, leader of …
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LPR and DPR declare that UN peacekeepers will not be allowed into the Donbas without their permission
Representatives of the so-called LPR and DPR, Denis Pushilin and Vladislav Deynego, have reacted to statements by the US Department of State's Special Representative for Ukraine, Kurt Volker, asserting that the deployment of peacekeepers to the Donbas does not need to be coordinated with the separatist republics.
The representatives from the unrecognized republics assert that they are equal participants in the negotiations, since the leaders of the so-called “People's Republics”, Zakharchenko …
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister suggests introducing biometric visas with Russia
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, spoke in favor of introducing additional control over the movement of Russian citizens in Ukraine, including the biometric visa program with Russia, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
"At the same time, we must understand that we need additional control over the movement of Russian citizens and over everything that the Russian Special Services are doing here, and this is what the changes that will be introduced on January 1st are aimed at," he …
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Following assassination of Amina Okueva Ukraine will strengthen control at its borders with Russia
The SBU (Security Service of Ukraine), the National Police, and the State Border Service have been instructed to strengthen the anti-terrorist and counter-intelligence regime, NSDC (National Defense and Security Council Of Ukraine) Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov said.
This decision was made in connection with recent acts of terrorism, sabotage, daring murders, and mass provocations, the website of the National Security and Defense Council states. Turchynov said that these events are connected …