The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine called on UNESCO to move the 45th session from Russian Kazan to Lviv and exclude the Russian Federation, which is waging war in our country, from the organization. This was stated by the relevant Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko, Radio Liberty reports..

“A country that started a war and uses its culture as a propaganda tool cannot be a member of UNESCO and influence the decision of the organization. After all, her actions indicate that she not only does not share the statutory goals of UNESCO, but is completely opposed to them.. Russian cultural figures today become the mouthpieces of crushing Kremlin propaganda and use the language of hatred in their rhetoric. Such a state cannot be given the floor on the protection of culture,” Tkachenko said..

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The Ministry of Culture also recalled that " It is also known about other facts of the destruction and destruction of cultural and historical monuments of Ukraine.

Earlier, UNESCO has already called on the Russian side to stop the destruction of cultural property in Ukraine.

Such a declaration was adopted on March 18 at the second extraordinary meeting of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage. Then the Russian Federation was also called upon to comply with obligations in accordance with the Hague Convention of 1954 and ratify the Second Protocol to it..

Earlier, Tkachenko said that more than 70 world cultural organizations refused to cooperate with Russia after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.. Among them are the Cannes Film Festival, La Scala and many others..