Pyatt: Crimea has become a disaster area in regard to human rights
The US Ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, stated that the annexation of Crimea and the retaliation against the Crimean Tatars has not fallen off the American diplomatic radar. “We aren’t going to forget about the situation with the Crimean Tatars. Crimea has become a human rights disaster area,” the Ambassador said in his interview with the ZIK Ukrainian TV Channel.
Pyatt added that this issue is present in their constant dialogue with Russia. The US Ambassador to Ukraine reiterated that the USA. didn’t recognize, doesn’t recognize and will not recognize the Russian annexation of Crimea.
“It is a clear policy of the USA.,” he said. He stated that it is important that the Council of Europe continues to focus on this issue. “The USA. used our presence on the UN Commission on Human Rights to report about the crimes committed by Russia in the context of their occupation of Crimea,” Pyatt stated.
The internationally recognized Ukrainian territory of Crimea was annexed by the Russian Federation in March of 2014 in the wake of the Ukrainian revolution. The Kremlin has faced international condemnation for its annexation of the Peninsula, leading many western countries to impose economic sanctions against Russia. In the United Nations, only Afghanistan, North Korea, Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Syria recognize Crimea as a legitimate federal subject of Russia.