On Thursday, August 6, First Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Emine Dzheppar met with the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Ukraine Melinda Simmons. The interlocutors discussed the situation with human rights violations in the occupied Crimea. Melinda Simmons assured the immutability of London’s position on non-recognition of the annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula. The press service of the Foreign Ministry reported about this
It is noted that the interlocutors discussed the situation with Russia's violations of international law in the temporarily occupied peninsula and stressed the importance of creating a specialized international format, the Crimean Platform, designed to systematize the coordination of international events at the highest and other political levels.
“In turn, Melinda Simmons assured the immutability of London's position, which is the need for Russia to return Crimea, and expressed readiness to continue to jointly act together with Ukraine in this direction”,- the message says.