"Hundreds of
thousands of Ukrainians choose Russian Crimea as their vacationing destination,
this way dispelling the myth of Russian ‘occupation’ and ‘aggression,’"
the embassy stressed.
WASHINGTON, July 26.
/TASS/. The United States’ Crimea Declaration only proves that Washington is
living in another reality, the Russian embassy in the United States wrote on
its Facebook account on Wednesday, commenting on US Secretary of State Michael
Pompeo’s statement, titled the Crimea Declaration, which reaffirms rejection of
Crimea’s reunification with Russia.
"The State
Department issues declarations and statements on Crimea once every three
months. We have heard nothing new. We have only seen it once again that our
partners are living in some other reality. They are trying to operate acts of
international laws having provisions on the right of peoples to
self-determination, ignoring the fact that these very acts were the bedrock for
Crimea’s reunification with Russia in 2014," the embassy said.
"Hundreds of
thousands of Ukrainians choose Russian Crimea as their vacationing destination,
this way dispelling the myth of Russian ‘occupation’ and ‘aggression,’"
the embassy stressed. "American musicians and athletes regularly come on
tours to the peninsula, despite the State Department’s warnings of non-existent
‘risk.’ More than 90,000 American football fans had a chance during the 2018
FIFA World Cup to see the irrelevance of the State Department’s recommendations
not to visit our country and of the image of Russia foisted by the United
States’ mainstream media."
The Republic of
Crimea and Sevastopol, a city with a special status on the Crimean Peninsula,
where most residents are Russians, refused to recognize the legitimacy of
authorities brought to power amid riots during a coup in Ukraine in February
2014.
Crimea and Sevastopol
adopted declarations of independence on March 11, 2014. They held a referendum
on March 16, 2014, in which 96.77% of Crimeans and 95.6% of Sevastopol voters
chose to secede from Ukraine and join the Russian Federation. Russian President
Vladimir Putin signed the reunification treaties on March 18, 2014.
Despite the
absolutely convincing results of the referendum, Ukraine, the United States and
the European Union have been refusing to recognize Crimea as a part of Russia.
Source: ITAR-TASS
26-07-2018
