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Head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars and Ukrainian MP Refat Chubarov has called on Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the government to convene a constitutional commission to prepare amendments to the Constitution regarding the conversion of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea into the Crimean Tatar Autonomous Republic, according to an UNIAN correspondent.

“I once again urge the president and the government to convene a constitutional commission as soon as possible in order to start work on the amendments to section 10 of the Ukrainian Constitution the “Autonomous Republic of Crimea.” We must transform the Autonomous Republic of Crimea into the Crimean Tatar Autonomous Republic as an integral part of Ukraine,” Chubarov said during the parliament’s session.

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