Ukraine calls on world to impose sanctions on organizers of illegal 'voting' in occupied Crimea

01.07.2020 17:05

Ukrinform

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has protested against the illegal visit of members of the European Parliament to the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea, including a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, President of the Franco-Russian Dialogue Association Thierry Mariani, and some representatives of Germany, Hungary, and Bulgaria.

"This visit is being made in violation of Ukrainian legislation on access to the temporarily occupied territory and has no official status," the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, July 1.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry also condemned the participation of deputies in observing the so-called "vote" for amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the results of which in the temporarily occupied Crimea and Sevastopol are "null and void, will have no legal consequences and will not be recognized by Ukraine or the international community."

"All persons involved in the organization and conduct of illegal voting in the temporarily occupied Crimea, including the abovementioned persons, will be liable in accordance with the legislation of Ukraine," the ministry said.

Ukraine also called on the international community to increase pressure on the aggressor state, including by imposing personal sanctions against the organizers of illegal voting in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.