“When Klimkin was the head of the Ukrainian foreign ministry, he should have strengthened it, developed foreign policy ties, and not destabilized the situation by persistently digging a hole, as a result of which the entire Poroshenko regime fell into this political abyss. Mr. Klimkina needs to publicly repent (for his actions. - RT ), and not make statements about Crimea, a subject of the Russian Federation, "Kovitidi emphasized.
Earlier, Klimkin announced on his Facebook “the onset of the“ Crimean days ”.
He recalled that July 23 marked the 80th anniversary of the signing of Welles' declaration, which confirmed the US refusal to recognize Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia as part of the USSR.
The ex-minister said that "Crimea must be turned into an internal and external problem for Russia."
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, commenting on Klimkin's appeal, said that "they have succeeded in turning Ukraine into a global problem."
Crimea became a Russian region after a referendum held there in March 2014, in which most residents voted in favor of reunification with Russia.