The delegation of the United States called the referendum in the Crimea legitimate will of the people
The representative who is visiting Crimea, the U.S. delegation public figures Sylvia Demarest said that the Crimean Peninsula became part of Russia on the basis of a legitimate will of the people and called the referendum an expression of the right to self-determination.
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SIMFEROPOL, 7 Sep — RIA Novosti. The US delegation consisting of four people located in the Crimea for three days. In its structure representatives of the American organization “Center of civil initiatives”. On the first day, the delegation visited an orphanage in Simferopol, where he laid the alley of friendship, and met with the head of the Crimean Parliament and MPs.
“I’m a lawyer by education. I understand that what happened in Crimea in 2014 was the legitimate will of the people and the expression of the legitimate right to self-determination, that everything was conducted in the framework of the law,” said Demarest RIA Novosti.
She added that on return to US will tell about the real situation in the Crimea citizens.
“This is what I’m going to say on his arrival in America. I’ll tell you all about it in America. It was the will of the people of Crimea, and I don’t think this situation will ever change and the Crimea will ever be a Ukrainian,” said Demarest.
Crimea became a Russian region after held there in March 2014 referendum in which 96.77% of voters of the Republic of Crimea and 95.6% of residents of Sevastopol voted for joining Russian Federation. Crimean authorities held a referendum after a coup in Ukraine in February 2014. Ukraine still considers Crimea its but temporarily occupied territory. The Russian leadership has repeatedly stated that the inhabitants of Crimea democratically in full compliance with international law and the UN Charter voted for reunification with Russia. According to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the Crimea issue “is closed permanently.”