Rustam Minnikhanov takes part in special session of Supreme Council of the Republic of Crimea

11 March 2014, Tuesday
On March 11 during his working trip to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a special session of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Crimea.

Delivering his speech, Rustam Minnikhanov expressed hope that Crimean Tatars would support the referendum that is supposed to determine the future of Crimean peninsula.

To the point, 1250 voting precincts will open on March 16. Many international observers, including experts from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe will be present at voting procedures.

According to Chairman of Crimean Council of Ministers Sergey Aksenov, the referendum process will be open to the public.

At today’s special session of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea deputies accepted the Declaration of independence required for legal implementation of inclusion of Crimea to Russia and holding the referendum.

Deputies also accepted several decisions to support Crimean Tatars, their language and culture, development of pre-school, primary and higher education. The Crimean Parliament also secured equal rights of religious confessions in Crimea.

“We have learnt to live in our common home – Crimea. We understand problems of each other, but we have to take important steps towards mutual understanding and trust. And today we have such an opportunity to build inter-ethnic peaceful and harmonious society,” Chairman of the Supreme Council Vladimir Konstantinov said.

He also thanked Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov for his mediatory efforts. “We always considered Tatarstan to be our fraternal republic, and now it can help to guarantee peace and stability in Crimea,” Vladimir Konstantinov added.

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