Address of Verkhovna Rada Committee on Foreign Affairs on possible visits of European Parliament members to temporarily occupied territory of Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Information Department
07 August 2015, 14:51

"We members of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Foreign Affairs address our colleagues from the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, and express our strong protest in view of intention of some deputies of the national parliaments of the EU member countries and members of the European Parliament to visit temporarily occupied and annexed by the Russian Federation territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. We would also like to ask friendly Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament and personally Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament Elmar Brok to take measures and make all required efforts to persuade the European lawmakers to retain clear and principled position as to the temporary occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea."