World Congress of the Crimean Tatar people is doomed to broadcast false anti-Russian statements, the head of public Affairs Department of international relations and the deported people of Crimea Zaur Smirnov.

The Congress, which declared than 180 Crimean Tatar organizations from around the world, will be held August 1-2 in the capital of Turkey. The participants of the national conference of Crimean Tatars in Simferopol believe his conduct illegitimate. They asked the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan not to participate in the Congress, because Congress in Ankara, in their opinion, does not reflect the opinion of the Crimean Tatars in Crimea.

Smirnov has noticed that familiar with officially published the program of the forthcoming Congress, which, in his vision, "is already included false information" about the Crimean Tatars.

"Congress is doomed to be biased, Congress is doomed to broadcast false allegations, as has already in his program initially false information about the fact that Crimea after its reunification with Russia has left more than fifteen thousand Crimean Tatars. Stating this figure, the organizers of the Congress only confirm our fears about his anti-Russian focus, " said Smirnov.

He drew attention that the authorities of the Crimea have the opportunity to formally assure that in fact the Peninsula was left about 800 of the Crimean Tatars, most of whom were students who continued their education in Ukrainian universities." Rest is a runaway politicians and some religious leaders ", - said the head of the Department.

The Congress was organized by the leaders of the Majlis (public organization) of the Crimean Tatars Mustafa Dzhemilev and Refat Chubarov. Both 5 years denied entry to the Crimea because of the incitement of ethnic hatred.

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