Ukrainian culture minister Nyshchuk: UNESCO should check condition of Khan's Palace in occupied Crimea

The so-called restoration works, which are carried out by the occupying power in the architectural monument, are “flagrant destruction of the Khan's Palace,” Minister of Culture of Ukraine Yevhen Nyshchuk said on the air of Radio Liberty.

“Now we are waiting for a monitoring mission, which alone could help us because we do not have direct access [to Crimea]. My personal talks with the government and the culture minister of Turkey that join us in these processes. On [May] 8 -12, the UNESCO representatives will stay in Kyiv. We are going to define how they will carry out the mission both with respect to the Khan Palace and the Chersonesos, where black archeology operates, illegal excavations, where construction begins in the Chersonesos reserve,” Nyshchuk said.

He added that Ukraine could check the condition of those monuments only with the help of international missions.

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