This became known from the website of the government.

"Today we all came together here in Kiev and temporarily occupied Crimea, and I am especially pleased that the Vice-Presidents of the Mejlis, Ahtem Chiyhoz and Ilmi Umerov, are with us, for whom Russian torture is already over," said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin.

Participants in the meeting agreed on concrete steps to release illegally held citizens of Ukraine and help their families.

They also discussed the access of Ukrainian citizens in the occupied Crimea to education and the whole range of public services, including simplification of the necessary documents.

Separately, representatives of public authorities, human rights activists and Crimean activists exchanged views on legislative initiatives in the field of protecting the rights of political prisoners.

In particular, the people's deputies of Ukraine - the Representative of the President of Ukraine for Crimean Tatar People Affairs Mustafa Dzhemilev and the Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Refat Chubarov, officials from the relevant ministries and departments.

As previously reported in "URA-Inform", the head of the Catalan government Carles Puicdemont should clarify whether the fact of declaring independence of Catalonia last week.