Chairman of the Bulgarian national cultural autonomy of Crimea Ivan Abazher believes that President Donald Trump needs to be told about the legality of the referendum held on the peninsula and reunification with Russia. "I am sure that the US president has enough information to recognize the Crimea as part of the Russian Federation, but it would be nice if the meeting were organized," Abazer told RIA Novosti.. He added that the representatives of the public of the Crimea have something to say to the American president:

to explain that the referendum became a free will, and its results showed the desire of the inhabitants of the peninsula to "live in Russia". Abazher believes that sooner or later the world community will recognize the region as part of the Russian Federation, and the current actions of the West in relation to Russia and the Crimea will be called a mistake. Vladimir Putin said after the talks in Helsinki that Donald Trump considers it illegal to join the Crimea to Russia, although at the G7 meeting in Canada the American leader stated that the Crimea is Russian because they speak Russian.