First Vice-Speaker of the Crimean Tatar Majlis: “We want national-territorial autonomy within Ukraine”
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08 Oct 2008 11:32 ]
Baku. Lachin Sultanova –APA. “Crimean Tatars are not satisfied with the status of Crimean Autonomous Republic” said First Vice-Speaker of the Crimean Tatar Majlis Refat Chubarov at the meeting with the European parliamentarians, APA reports. “The Crimean Tatars have a right for self-determination. We want the national-territorial autonomy within Ukraine. Our people living in own homeland can not enjoy with the authority of the current autonomy. Crimean politicians follow the principle of “who is in majority that is right”, which is irrelevant to the democracy. It needs to take into consideration that the Crimean Tatars are in minority in their homeland not at their own wish”.