The head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov reproached the Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Yelena Zerkal with the fact that she incorrectly used the phrase "Crimean Tatar population".

The incident occurred on the air of the talk show "Freedom of speech".

"This is the" Crimean Tatar population "... I could hardly restrain myself.

Because we can talk about the Crimean Tatars as a population, if we say somewhere in the Kherson region or Zhitomir - about those people who were forced after the occupation of the Crimea to escape in this way, "said Chubarov.

"When we talk about the Crimean Tatars, we must clearly realize that this is the indigenous people of the peninsula. And this people has certain international acts of order for the realization of their inalienable rights, "he explained..

As reported by the "Observer", Chubarov called the way to return the Crimea to Ukraine.

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