The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expresses a strong protest against the illegal and uncoordinated visit of Ambassador of Nicaragua to Russia Alba Azusena Torres to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea for granting the Consular Commission to the so-called “Honorary Consul of Nicaragua in the Russian Federation with residence in Simferopol” Oleg Belaventsev. In this regard, Ukraine launched the process of applying sanctions in accordance with the legislation of Ukraine.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has repeatedly warned the Nicaraguan side about the inadmissibility of any actions violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our state. The Ukrainian side has launched the process of applying sanctions in accordance with the Ukrainian legislation and will further take all necessary actions provided by the Ukrainian and international law to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our state,” the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in the statement on Tuesday.
The ministry said that the issuing of the Consular Commission to the so-called “Honorary Consul of Nicaragua to the Russian Federation” is a gross violation of Ukrainian and international law, in particular, the UN General Assembly resolutions 68/262 on the territorial integrity of Ukraine, 71/205, 72/190, 73/263 and 74/168 on the situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, 73/194 and 74/17 on the problem of the militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, as well as parts of the Black and Azov seas.
“Our country considers this action as an openly unfriendly gesture of Nicaragua towards Ukraine, which assists the aggression of the Russian Federation and its attempt to annex an integral part of Ukraine: the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol,” the ministry said in the statement.
The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine said according to the Ukrainian legislation, the entry of foreigners and stateless persons to the temporarily occupied territory and leaving it is must be done through the territory of Ukraine. Any institutions and their officials and their activities in the temporarily occupied territory are considered illegitimate, if they were established, elected or appointed in a manner contradicting the legislation of Ukraine. Any action, decision, or document issued by such institutions and/or persons is invalid and does not create legal consequences.
