[ad_1]
In the Turkish resort city of Alanya, an image of a map of Russia along with the Crimea occupied by it was erased from a sculpture.
Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova announced this on her Facebook page. He clarified that the local authorities took this step after the request of the Consul of Ukraine in Antalya. The official also posted relevant photos. (scroll down the page to see them).
“During one of the international art festivals in the tourist city of Alania (Turkey), one of the sculptures, the author of which was a Russian citizen, depicted a map of the Russian Federation with occupied Crimea. Upon learning of this, the The Foreign Ministry took action immediately, “Dzhaparova wrote.
He noted that the Ukrainian consul in Antalya, Emir Rustamov, visited Alania on March 3 and appealed to the mayor of the city, Adem Murat Yudzhel, with a request to remove the inaccurate card. The official stressed that the reaction was instantaneous.
As OBOZREVATEL previously reported, the Ukrzaliznytsia company published a map of railway communication in the Kherson region on the border with Crimea temporarily occupied by Russia, in which the peninsula was signed as the Southern Federal District of the Russian Federation. This was fixed later.
