“Territorial integrity Ukrainy It has never been and can never be the subject of discussion or compromise. Crimea it's Ukraine. Period“. (…) Crimea is the center of gravity of the European security architecture. Its full restoration is possible only after the complete deoccupation of the entire territory of Ukraine, including the Ukrainian peninsula” – the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kiev assessed that all efforts of the international community “should be aimed at achieving these goals as quickly as possible, and not at satisfying, in one way or another, the appetites The Kremlin at the expense of Ukraine's interests and international law“.
The Ukrainian MFA's commentary did not mention Minister Sikorski by name. However, the country's media assumed that the response was addressed to him. “The MFA responds to Sikorski on the inadmissibility of compromises on the status of Crimea,” wrote the Ukraińska Prawda portal.
Radosław Sikorski was supposed to speak about Crimea. “Under the UN mandate”
Radoslaw Sikorski took part in the conference held on September 13 and 14 Yalta European Strategy in KievAccording to the Interfax agency, during one of the evening discussions at this meeting, he said that in talks on the terms of peace between Kiev and Moscow the issue of Crimea will be crucial.
– Crimea is symbolically important for Russiaand especially for (Vladimir) Putinbut also strategically important for Ukraine. So I do not see the possibility of reaching an agreement without the demilitarization of Crimea – Sikorski is quoted by Ukrainian media.
– We could hand it over (Crimea) to the mandate UN with the mission of preparing a fair referendum after verifying who is a legal resident and so on… And we could postpone it for 20 years – Sikorski was supposed to have assessed.
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Crimean Tatars furious. They point to Radosław Sikorski
Against the statement of the Polish minister the Mejlis, the local government of the Crimean Tatars, protested. – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Radosław Sikorski publicly assumed that in order to end Russia's war against Ukraine, our country should give up Crimea – said the chairman of the Mejlis on Wednesday Refat Czubarow.
The Mejlis said such public statements were “unacceptable and cynical.” – They do not correspond to the national interests of Ukraine, or the rights and interests of the indigenous Crimean Tatar population of Ukraine, he said.
The Crimean Peninsula, which is part of Ukraine, was declared independent in 2014. annexed by Russia as a result of military intervention and referendumwhich the Ukrainian authorities and the West considered illegal. Before the annexation, Tatars made up 12-15 percent of the peninsula's population. By boycotting the referendum, they exposed themselves to repression from Moscow.