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The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has forwarded a note of protest to the Russian Foreign Ministry over a visit to Crimea of a Russian delegation led by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

“The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry voices a strong protest against another visit by a Russian delegation led by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to Ukrainian territory temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, namely the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, on August 4, 2017, without Ukraine’s authorization,” the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Friday evening.

“A relevant note of protest has been forwarded to the Russian Foreign Ministry,” it said.

As was reported earlier, Medvedev hosted a conference in Feodosia on August 4, which dealt with the development of the industrial sector in Crimea and Sevastopol.