Russian, Ukrainian ombudsmen to discuss handover of Ukrainian citizens imprisoned in Crimea to Kyiv

11:30, 21.06.2016 1 min read

A meeting of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada's Human Rights Commissioner Valeria Lutkovska and her Russian counterpart Tatyana Moskalkova will take place in Minsk on Tuesday.

The objective of the meeting is discussion of the issue of the handover of Ukrainian citizens being held in custody in Crimea to the territory of Ukraine, the Ukrainian ombudsman's press service said.

Moreover, the press service said that Lutkovska plans to discuss the issue of observance of rights of the Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians, who currently have national minority status in Crimea.

As reported, the Ukrainian ombudsman said earlier that the meeting with her Russian counterpart will be a humanitarian conversation without any political overtones.