Moscow welcomes the informal desire of the Turkish delegation to visit the Crimea, but to come to the Peninsula from Ukraine, said the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov In..
"We have actively supported the visit to the Republic of Crimea, welcome, if there is such an interest, We are ready", he said at a press conference following the meeting with his Slovak counterpart Miroslav Lajcak.
The Russian Minister said that " for obvious reasons, if the request is addressed to the Russian Federation with a request to assist in visiting the Crimea, it is necessary to use the normal route.
"We this stand to Turkish partners brought, I am sure, if they have a sincere interest, to see what was happening, They can do it," - said Lavrov.
The Crimea did not recognize the legitimacy of the new Ukrainian authorities decided to hold a referendum on the future life of the region. Valaisiana passed March 16, 2014. In the Bulletin were made to two questions: "are You for the reunification of the Crimea with Russia on the rights of the subject of the Russian Federation?" and " are You for the restoration of the Constitution of the Republic of Crimea 1992 and the status of Crimea as part of Ukraine?"
the overwhelming majority of voters (96, 77%) with a turnout of 83, 1% were in favour of reunification with Russia. The corresponding agreement was signed on 18 March, then it was approved by the State Duma and the Federation Council. They Also adopted the Federal constitutional law on education of 2 new regions of the Russian Federation - Republic of Crimea and cities of Federal significance Sevastopol. The head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed both documents. Also before Putin said that the referendum in Crimea corresponds to the norms of international law and the UN Charter.
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