18 May 2024

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on the 80th anniversary of the deportation of Crimean Tatars and commemoration of the victims of the genocide of the Crimean Tatar people

Today, May 18, on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Crimean Tatar Genocide, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine issued a statement urging the international community to increase consolidated pressure on Russia to force it to return to the fundamental principles of international law, stop human rights violations in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and release all political prisoners.

“We urge all states, international organizations, and societies that value human life to honor the memory of the victims of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars and to condemn this terrible crime and recognize it as genocide of the Crimean Tatar people,” the statement said.

In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine appealed to international partners to increase assistance to Ukraine to facilitate the speedy liberation of Crimea and other occupied territories from Russian occupation: “This will put an end to Russian war crimes and terrible repressions, and is a prerequisite for the return of the Crimean Tatar people and all residents of Ukraine to peaceful life in their homeland.”

The Foreign Ministry stressed that only in Ukrainian Crimea will the Crimean Tatar people be free from persecution and oppression:

“In Ukrainian Crimea, free from Russian occupation, the indigenous Crimean Tatar people will have a future, adequate security, and opportunities for development and prosperity. Crimea is Ukraine!”
Read the full statement: https://bit.ly/4bq3iVO