Dzhemilev calls on Indonesia to co-author UN General Assembly resolution on Crimea

15.08.2018 11:10

Ukrinform

Mustafa Dzhemilev, the Member of Parliament, the Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for the Affairs of Crimean Tatars, has urged Indonesia to co-author and support the current UN General Assembly resolution on human rights in the occupied Crimea.

"The Indonesian side was informed about the developments in and around Ukraine amid the continuing aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, in particular, the situation in the east of our country and in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the current human rights situation in Crimea, especially the systematic violation of rights of the Crimean Tatar people by the de facto Russian authorities. In this regard, Dzhemilev called on Indonesia to co-author and support the current UN General Assembly resolution ‘Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine’," the press service of the Embassy of Ukraine in Indonesia reports following the meeting of Dzhemilev with Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia Jusuf Kalla in Jakarta.

As the embassy informs, Dzhemilev thanked the Vice President for Indonesia’s support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, in particular, Indonesia's vote in favor of the resolution of the UN General Assembly "Territorial Integrity of Ukraine" of March 27, 2014.

During the meeting, the sides noted the significant prospects for Ukraine-Indonesia trade, economic and cultural-humanitarian cooperation.