16:49 20.01.2018

Ukraine calls on UNESCO to take urgent measures to preserve Khan's Palace in Bakhchisaray

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Ukraine calls on UNESCO to take urgent measures to preserve Khan's Palace in Bakhchisaray

Ukraine has called on UNESCO to take urgent measures to prevent the threat of destruction of the Khan's Palace in Bakhchisaray, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has reported.

"The critical situation around the Khan's Palace in Bakhchisaray has become the main topic of a special meeting of the National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO, which was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on January 19," the ministry said on Friday, January 19.

The event was chaired by the head of the national commission, Serhiy Kyslytsia, and attended by Ukrainian Deputy Culture Minister Tamara Mazur, head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov, representatives of the concerned ministries and departments, experts of the Ukrainian National Committee of ICOMOS, the Ukraine National Blue Shield Committee, and ICCROM Ukraine.

The participants in the meeting stated that the situation in the field of culture in Russian-occupied Crimea causes deep concern and indignation over the actions of the Russian occupation authorities, which in fact are carrying out a massive, well-planned attack on unique multiculturalism on the Crimean peninsula.

"Such aggressive actions are vividly evidenced by the so-called 'restoration work' on the territory of the monument of national importance of Ukraine, an integral part of the cultural heritage of the Crimean Tatar people - the Khan's Palace in Bakhchisaray, which poses a real threat to the destruction of the historical and cultural value of this monument that was put on the tentative list for inclusion in UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2003," the meeting participants said.

Following the discussion of the problem, the participants decided to take additional measures to mobilize international efforts, primarily through UNESCO, to preserve the Khan's Palace in Bakhchisaray.

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