The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine demands to explain Putin's trip to Crimea
The Ukrainian foreign Ministry sent a note to Russia with the requirement to explain the visit of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to Crimea, according to a report of the press service of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the first day of the week.
on the first day of the week in the Crimea held a meeting of the Presidium of the state Council of the Russian Federation on the problems of tourism, which was held by the President of Russia.
"The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine expresses its strong protest in connection with another implementation of the Supreme leadership of the Russian Federation on 17 August 2015 inconsistent with Ukraine's visit to the site of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. A note of protest with the requirement to explain the reasons for demonstrative disrespect the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the Chairman of Russian government Dmitry Medvedev and other officials of the RF current law of Ukraine and norms of international law and stop the practice of such visits sent to the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation ", - is informed in the report.
above the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that the head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin was obliged to negotiate with Kiev his trip to the Crimea.
Crimea became a Russian region after the last referendum last spring, where a Large number of the inhabitants of the Peninsula were in favour of joining the Russian Federation. Ukraine the results of a popular vote of Crimeans did not recognize.