KIEV, 06 November 2021, (TON): First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Emine Dzhaparova announced “the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Maria Peichinovich-Burich, who is on a visit to Ukraine, visited the border with Crimea.”

Japarova wrote on Twitter “I was delighted to accompany Maria Peichinovich-Burich, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, on a trip to the administrative border with the temporarily occupied Crimea [Ukraine considers Crimea occupied by Russia].”

According to the deputy minister, the information received by the secretary general during the trip will be important for assessing the human rights situation in Crimea.

Dzhaparova added “I hope that the trip will contribute to the preparation of a future report of the Secretary General on the situation with human rights in Crimea. Ukraine is ready to cooperate with the Council of Europe to protect human rights in Crimea.”

Peichinovich-Burich arrived in Ukraine on November 3. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported that she, together with the head of the department Dmitry Kuleba, “will hold negotiations on the implementation of the Council of Europe resolutions, the protection of human rights in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and other topical issues of interaction between Ukraine and the Council of Europe.”