Fedor Smirnov. Projects Turkish businessmen in Crimea was essential in order to reduce tensions in the region, said Last news the head of the main opposition Republican people's party in Turkey Kemal k?l??daro?lu.

"Projects Turkish businessmen in Crimea was essential in order to reduce tensions in the area. All the problems between Russia and Ukraine must be resolved diplomatically. We support solutions that not only led to more instability in the region, " said k?l??daro?lu.

at the same time he clarified that his party does not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia and insists on the rights of the Crimean Tatars.

Crimea and Sevastopol became part of Russia according to the results of the March referendum in 2014. Reunification with Russia was supported by 96, 77% of Crimean inhabitants and 95, 6% of Sevastopol. The authorities of Ukraine and Western countries did not want to recognize the will and imposed against the region's punishment.

the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has stated many times that the inhabitants of Crimea democratically in full compliance with international law and the UN Charter voted for Reunification with Russia, respecting and accepting this choice, and this decision is the reality with which one must reckon.

currently, the Peninsula is home to about 260 thousand Crimean Tatars. After the reunification of the Crimea with Russia in practice 100% of the Crimean Tatars received passports of citizens of the Russian Federation, they are also widely represented in authorities. The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. V. Lavrov had previously said that the problems of the Crimean Tatar people in Crimea resolved.

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