Annual Meeting of Mejlis’ Leaders with Head of Diplomatic Missions, Accredited in Ukraine

18 September 2012

On September 8, 2012the second annual meeting of the leaders of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people with the heads of the diplomatic missions and international organizations, accredited in Ukraine was held in Hyatt Hotel in Kyiv.

According to the Leader of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Mustafa Jemilev, the main goal of the annual meeting was drawing of the attention of the International community to the solution of the problems, relating to providing assistance to Ukraine in the issues of the restoration of the rights of the Crimean Tatar people and other ethnic groups that were formerly deported on the national grounds.

“The main issue of the meeting was the consideration of the idea of holding the International Forum on the restoration of the rights of the Crimean Tatar people in its homeland, ensuring its safety and guarantees of its development in Ukraine,”- M.Jemilev noted and reminded that Mejlis’ first meeting with the heads of the foreign diplomatic missions and international organizations, accredited in Ukraine was held on October 5 last year.

The main reporters of the meeting were the Leader of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, MP of Ukraine Mustafa Jemilev, the President of the World Congress of Crimean Tatars, MP of Crimea Refat Chubarov, Head of the Council of Ministers of ARC Anatoly Mogilev, as well as the Head of the charitable organization “Foundation for Development of Crimea” Rustem Umerov, advisor of the OSCE High Commissioner Alexander Vinnikov, the international coordinator of the group of experts on the preparation of the parallel report on the situation in Crimea in the framework of the preparation to the International Forum Andrew Wilson.

The meeting was also attended by the representatives of the Administration of the President of Ukraine, the Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in ARC Viktor Plakida, as well as the representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine. The meeting was organized with support of the charitable organization “Foundation for Development of Crimea”.