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MFA Statement on the so-called local elections held by the Russian Federation authorities in the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine

08.09.2019

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland considers illegal the so-called local elections held in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in Ukraine, including the elections to the so-called State Council of the “Republic of Crimea”, the so-called Legislative Assembly of the Sevastopol City and the so-called Sevastopol City Council, held by the Russian Federation authorities on 8 September.

Budynek MSZ

Poland invariably supports Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. The annexation of Crimea, a Ukrainian territory, by the Russian Federation in March 2014, was a flagrant violation of international law, which was emphasised in the UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262 of 27 March 2014. In this context, Poland deems illegal actions by the Russian authorities in the occupied Crimea, and considers the results of any “elections” invalid.

At the same time, we would like to draw the attention to the steadily deteriorating human rights situation in the occupied Crimea, the limitation of the freedoms of assembly and belief, repeated illegal detentions, which particularly affect the Crimean Tatars. We call for an international solidarity in opposition against such actions taken by the Russian Federation in the annexed Peninsula.

 

MFA Press Office

Photo Tymon Markowski / MSZ

 

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