Ukraine voices protest over the visit by Russian officials to the annexed Crimea
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has voiced protest regarding a visit to the annexed Crimea by Russian officials, which was headed by Valentina Matvienko, Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, as reported on the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's website.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expresses its strong protest in connection with another illegal trip to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a sovereign territory of Ukraine temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation; a group of high-ranking officials of the occupying state was led by the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Valentina Matvienko, which was a flagrant violation of Ukrainian and international law, "the report says.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that it considers this and similar so-called "visits" the Russian leadership as a demonstration of disregard for the sovereignty of Ukraine, the UN Charter, the UN General Assembly resolution "The territorial integrity of Ukraine" A / Res / 68/262 of 27 March 2014, "The situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol" A / Res / 71/205 of 19 December 2016, and the Baku Declaration and the resolutions of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, as well as obligations under the bilateral agreements and other international laws.
In connection with the above, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has given the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation a corresponding note of protest.