Norwegian Delegation To Start 5-Day Visit To Russia's Crimea On Sunday - Crimean Lawmaker

A delegation from Norway will start a five-day visit to Russia's Crimea on Sunday, during which it will hold meetings with Crimean lawmakers and public figures, Yuri Gempel, the head of the Crimean parliament's committee on international relations, told Sputnik on Tuesday.

SIMFEROPOL (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 25th September, 2018) A delegation from Norway will start a five-day visit to Russia's Crimea on Sunday, during which it will hold meetings with Crimean lawmakers and public figures, Yuri Gempel, the head of the Crimean parliament's committee on international relations, told Sputnik on Tuesday.

According to Gempel, the delegation will comprise 10 people and be led by Hendrik Weber, the head of the non-governmental organization People's Diplomacy Norway.

"There is a quite strict informational blockade in Norway, so the Norwegians are interested in how Crimea lives, what is going on here.

People want to come and see how Crimea is developing," Gempel said.

Norwegian delegations led by Weber have already paid three visits to Crimea.

Delegations from a number of countries, including France, Germany, Italy and Bulgaria have also visited the peninsula despite sanctions imposed on Moscow following the 2014 referendum on Crimea rejoining Russia.