The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reacted to the visit of the ambassadors of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to the occupied Crimea
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine strongly condemns the illegal visit of the ambassadors of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to the temporarily occupied Crimea, organized in the Russian Federation. This is reports the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
Ambassadors to Russia of Burkina Faso Aristide Tapsob, Republic of Mali Seydoux Kamissoka and Republic of Niger Issa Abdou Siddique visited the illegally annexed peninsula on September 18-20.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine noted that African diplomats grossly violated international law, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and also violated a number of resolutions of the UN General Assembly, in particular No. 68/262 “Territorial integrity of Ukraine”, which confirms the non-recognition of any changes in the status of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.
The department added that such actions contradict Ukrainian legislation, which clearly defines the procedure for entering the temporarily occupied territory. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs considers this “visit” as a “brazen violation of the norms of international law and national legislation not only by the specified persons, but also by the regimes they represent”.
“The actions of the ambassadors look especially cynical against the background of the efforts allegedly made by the regimes of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to preserve and protect their own sovereignty and territorial integrity within internationally recognized borders”, – says the department’s comment.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that Russia continues to use individual foreign diplomats as paid extras for its propaganda purposes, trying to create a false impression of international legitimization of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
The agency urged the ambassadors to realize that “by their actions, they actually took part in the Russian campaign to legitimize colonial occupations, which makes the position of these African diplomats particularly hypocritical.
“Ukraine reserves the right to act in response to any violations of its sovereignty and territorial integrity”, – summed up in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
