"There is an OSCE decision that the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission has the mandate to move throughout Ukraine without restrictions. We consider Crimea to be our territory and we always raise the question: listen – the OSCE mission should be there. No [is the answer]. That's it," Kuchma said at the 14th annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES), Krym.Realii reported.
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As UNIAN reported earlier, the release of Ukrainian hostages and political prisoners in Russian-occupied Donbas and Russia will be on the agenda of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's working visit to the United States where he is to take part in the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly. The visit will start on September 18 and last until September 21.
