{"id":33597,"date":"2014-03-26T11:14:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T11:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=23064"},"modified":"2015-04-20T14:36:55","modified_gmt":"2015-04-20T12:36:55","slug":"23064-crimea-pseudo-consultation-should-not-redraw-ukrainian-borders-congress-of-the-council-of-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/23064-crimea-pseudo-consultation-should-not-redraw-ukrainian-borders-congress-of-the-council-of-europe","title":{"rendered":"Crimea \u2018Pseudo-Consultation\u2019 Should Not Redraw Ukrainian Borders \u2013 Congress of the Council of Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Kyiv, March 26, 2014.<\/strong><\/em> Local and regional authorities of the 47 Council of Europe member-states condemned Russia\u2019s attack on the territorial integrity of Ukraine. The Congress of the Council of Europe shared the concerns of the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and of \u201cthe whole international community\u201d. According to the Declaration adopted at the 26<sup>th<\/sup> session of the Congress, the pseudo-referendum in Crimea (held on March 16) failed to provide minimum democratic guarantees and cannot result in the shifting of borders between Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe use of military force by Russia to redraw national boundaries is unacceptable,\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/wcd.coe.int\/ViewDoc.jsp?id=2176309&#038;Site=COE\">https:\/\/wcd.coe.int\/ViewDoc.jsp?id=2176309&#038;Site=COE<\/a> reads the Declaration. The Congress does not recognize the validity of the Crimea vote and denounces Russia\u2019s military annexation of the peninsula. The Congress compared the Ukraine crisis to the 2008 situation in Georgia: Russia\u2019s occupation of the independent states\u2019 territories was unacceptable and cannot be tolerated.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the 47 European countries expressed their full support for Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to remain an integral part of Ukraine and for Ukrainian territorial integrity to be reinstated, reads<a href=\"https:\/\/wcd.coe.int\/ViewDoc.jsp?id=2176309&#038;Site=COE\"> wcd.coe.int<\/a>. Notably, Ukrainian authorities turned to the UN with an appeal to recognize Crimea as a demilitarized area, which would help protect local civilians. Earlier this week Ukrainian Interim President Oleksandr Turchynov resolved to withdraw Ukrainian armed forces from Crimea. Ukraine\u2019s government is preparing to dispute Russia\u2019s land-grab of Crimea in international courts.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on relations between the Autonomous Republic of Crimea as part of Ukraine and the central Ukrainian government prior to the disputed vote, the Congress highlighted that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/wcd.coe.int\/ViewDoc.jsp?id=2176309&#038;Site=COE\">Crimea enjoyed a broad degree of autonomy, which could, if necessary, have been further strengthened in consultation with Ukrainian national authorities<\/a>\u201d. This statement rebuts the Kremlin\u2019s constant media pitch about Russian troops occupying Crimea to \u201cprevent conflict\u201d between the autonomous republic and Ukraine\u2019s central authorities. Ukrainian experts reiterate that there had not been a conflict in the peninsula until the violation by Russian armed forces of the Ukrainian border.<\/p>\n<p>The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe dismissed another argument made by the Kremlin [about the alleged \u2018Coup d&#8217;\u00e9tat\u2019 in Kyiv] by saying that the Congress lends its support to Ukraine\u2019s new, legitimate authorities in strengthening democracy in the country and protecting the rights of all Ukrainian citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyiv, March 26, 2014. Local and regional authorities of the 47 Council of Europe member-states condemned Russia\u2019s attack on the territorial integrity of Ukraine. The Congress of the Council of Europe shared the concerns of the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and of \u201cthe whole international community\u201d. 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