The Permanent Representative Tamila Tasheva met with journalists from Latin America, including Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Spain, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. Together with Ms Tasheva, the guests were greeted by the Head of the Crimean Platform’s Support Service, Mariia Tomak.

At the beginning of the meeting, the Permanent Representative stressed the importance of strengthening the dialogue with the countries of the Global South in order to create a realistic picture of Crimea in these countries and to debunk Russian myths and narratives. She also underlined that any compromise on the territorial integrity of Ukraine is unacceptable for Ukraine, which is the position of both the President of Ukraine and Ukrainian society. 

During the conversation, Ms Tasheva also spoke about the history of the deportation of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people and the challenges faced by Crimean Tatars after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, in particular, she stressed the political persecution on ethnic grounds: “The Crimean Tatars believe that only with Ukraine can they survive and be preserved. Therefore, for Ukraine, for the President, the restoration of territorial integrity is not only about territories, it is about people.”

The guests were interested in the demographic component of the peninsula, the language issue, and the legislative regulation of the indigenous peoples of Ukraine.

The visit, organised by the NGO Transatlantic Dialogue Centre, was joined by the following media representatives: Martins Dos Santos Americo, a British-Brazilian journalist from CNN Brazil; representatives of the Mexican TV channel TV Azteca Bravo Rodrigues Lucy Ariana, Bautista Reymundo Isaac, political news columnist from the Colombian TV channel NTN24, Beltran Neira Jefferson and representative of the Colombian radio station in Ukraine Radio W Kosova Olga; representative of the international Spanish-language news agency Agencia EFE Gascon Barbera Marcel, representative of the Argentine TV channel and newspaper La Nacion and author of the book “100 Days in Ukraine” Elizabeth Piquet, permanently accredited correspondent to the Argentine Congress and government, war correspondent for CANAL 26 TV channel and online edition Mayer Brian Jose, Vallejos Crockwell Juan Andrés, Chilean video blogger for Copano News, Mariana Laura Reten Rijo, political talk show host for Uruguay’s largest TV channel Teledoce, and videographer Gomez Graneri Luis Claudio.