Members Of 2 US Public Organizations Want To Visit Crimea In 2019 - Lawmaker

SIMFEROPOL (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 21st October, 2018) Members of the two US public organizations have sent an official letter to the Crimean authorities asking to arrange a visit to the peninsula next year, head of the Crimean parliament's inter-ethnic relations committee Yury Gempel told Sputnik on Sunday.

"We were addressed by the US nationals with a proposal to discuss their possible visit to Crimea in 2019.

They are members of the two US public organizations - the Center for Citizen Initiatives and a US student organization. I believe that the group will be formed and they will come," Gempel said.

Gempel added that the aim of the visit was to establish a friendly and partner relationship with the peninsula.

Crimean Parliament's Deputy Speaker Yefim Fiks told Sputnik in late September that Crimean authorities were prepared to receive a delegation from the European Parliament, if EU politicians expressed the desire to visit the peninsula.