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President: State strategy on reintegration of Donbas and Crimea must include transparency, consensus, realism and implementation of decisions

After five years of war in eastern Ukraine, a state strategy for the safe reintegration of Donbas and Crimea must finally emerge. It should include four compulsory components. It was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a speech at the opening of the Unity Forum in Mariupol.

The Head of State noted that the components of that strategy would be presented and discussed at the forum “President: State strategy on reintegration of Donbas and Crimea must include transparency, consensus, realism and implementation of decisions”

Today information field of Ukraine as regards Donbas and Crimea is sown with fakes, manipulations and aggression – President

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasizes that in addition to diplomacy, the priority of the Ukrainian authorities in the issues of Donbas and Crimea are information and humanitarian policy.

“These policies do not exist without one another. There is no point in telling how good it is in Ukraine, if it does not coincide with reality outside the checkpoint. And no improvements are important unless our citizens know about them and, consequently, can take advantage of them,” the Head of State said during a speech at the Unity Forum in Mariupol “Today information field of Ukraine as regards Donbas and Crimea is sown with fakes, manipulations and aggression – President”

“The return of all Ukrainian territories is our main task that can be done only in diplomatic way”, Volodymyr Zelensky said

Speaking at the RE: THINK. Invest in Ukraine Forum in Mariupol, the Head of State stressed that ending the war in the east and returning all Ukrainian territories was the main task.

“It can only be done in a diplomatic way. And for this end Ukraine needs to have a strong position and support. To be a state that is respected and listened to. To thrive, to be independent and successful,” the President said.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy stresses that Ukraine should become such a country and that is why he went into politics.

“Moreover, that is why you are here today. After all, peace in Ukraine is the key to security and stability in Europe and the world, and Ukraine’s success is your success,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, addressing the participants of the forum.

We  welcome Tamila Tasheva to the Mission!

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Tamila Tasheva to the post of the Deputy Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Ms. Tamila Tasheva is a co-founder and a Chairwoman of the board of NGO “CrimeaSOS. Since 2014 she has become an implementing partner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine (UNHCR) in programs related to the protection of IDPs.

She is a human rights activist and one of Crimean Tatars young generation leaders. Ms. Tasheva is actively involved in IDPs issues, human rights situation in Crimea, advocacy activities and developing the Ukrainian legislation in social protection, including humanitarian law regarding the temporary occupied territories

Ms. Tamila Tasheva has a wide experience in civil society sector. Before the annexation of Crimea, Tamila Tasheva successfully implemented a series of cultural and educational projects and civic initiatives promoting the Crimean Tatar people culture and developing of civil society in Ukraine. Tamila Tasheva was a volunteer during Maidan.

Tamila Tasheva Ms. Tamila Tasheva is a co-founder and a Chairwoman of the board of NGO “CrimeaSOS”. Up-to-date she is the co-founder of the Ukrainian grassroots civil society initiative CrimeaSOS. From 2014 CrimeaSOS has become an implementing partner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine (UNHCR) in programs related to the protection of IDPs.

We are grateful to Mrs. Tasheva for her agreement to contribute to the Mission’s activity as well as we are pleased to note the growing number of such experienced and initiative people, willing to fight for the returning of Crimea.

The Mission of the President of Ukraine in the AR of Crimea strongly condemns any so-called «international events”, held by the occupying authorities in violation of the rules of Ukrainian legislation, including generally recognized principles and rules of the international law in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol City (Ukraine).

In November, the occupying authorities plan to hold the so-called “yearly international conference” themed “Crimea in the modern international context” with the participation of the representatives of the foreign states. The Russian Federation and the occupying administration of Crimea once again use such events for promotion the recognition of the annexation attempt of the Ukrainian Crimea among the international community.

We call on the foreign citizens to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders and reiterate that violation of the Ukrainian law on the visits of the temporarily occupied territory incurs administrative and criminal liability.

Human Rights Forum “Overcoming conflicts: a new parliamentary agenda”

At the Human Rights Forum themed “Overcoming conflicts: a new parliamentary agenda”, the Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the AR of Crimea Anton Korynevych emphasized the need to harmonize the Criminal law with the rule of the International Law, stressed on the importance of the transitional justice in overcoming the armed conflict, including the ratifying the Rome Statue of the International Criminal Court. He called on the interlocutors and People’s Deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to support the Draft Law 0892 on international crimes “Human Rights Forum “Overcoming conflicts: a new parliamentary agenda””

Regarding the visit of the Crimean collaborates to Turkey

On the visit of the Crimean collaborators to Turkey, the Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea requests to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to undertake necessary measures with the foreign partners towards avoiding the involvement of the collaborators into the international events and prevention the recognition of the attempted annexation of the AR of Crimea and Sevastopol City by the Russian Federation at the international level.

We are also confident that the law enforcement agencies of Ukraine will properly assess the actions of the collaborators under the existing or new criminal procedures.