Ukrainian and Turkish FMs speak of concern that human rights violated in Crimea

Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu at a meeting in Istanbul (Turkey) spoke of concern that human rights in Crimea occupied by Russia are violated.

The press service of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine reported that on January 29, as part of his working visit to Istanbul Klimkin held negotiations with Cavusoglu and Turkey confirmed that the country supports Ukraine's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.

"The sides expressed the common concern about the continuous violation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea occupied by Russia and Sevastopol city and they agreed joint steps on cooperation in the issue," the press service said.

The ministry said that during the Ukrainian-Turkish talks the main attention was focused on the preparation for the next meeting of the strategic council of high level and bilateral contacts.

The sides also discussed the situation in Donbas in the context of the implementation of the Minsk agreements, a wide range of issues of the global agenda, including problems of regional security, joint steps in combating terrorism, cooperation as part of international organizations and the situation in Syria and Iraq.

"Several agreements to deepen cooperation between Ukraine and Turkey in the economic, energy, military and technical, consulate and humanitarian areas have been reached," the press service said.

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