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Ostap Semerak, Minister of Ecology of Ukraine, plans to discuss with his Polish counterpart, Henrik Kovalchik, the ban on entry into Poland of several Ukrainian environmental activists who went to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Katowice. He described this in Radio Svoboda's comments
"As Minister of Ecology, of course I have no mandate for international declarations in this area, but together with my colleague the Polish minister, I have a scheduled meeting with him tomorrow, I will talk about it and say that this is an unacceptable case for Ukraine and the Ukrainian side.We will ask for explanations and explanations on why this is happening. is produced and on the solution of the problem of the possible imposition of a ban in the future ", promised the minister.
He also stated that, thanks to the work of the Ukrainian consulate, these personalities held in the premises of the Polish Przemysl, not deported from the country.
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"These people stayed in Poland the activists who left Ukraine and were not allowed to enter the border – it was by accident that it was not possible to react against the consuls because it was not was not a territory (Poland – ed.), Neither the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and, consequently, the Ministry of Ecology.I do not know whether they made a second attempt or did not Have not done, "said Semerak.
He added: Ukrainian citizens who have been banned from entering Poland must contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, so that the Foreign Ministry can get closer. The Polish side asks for reasons and calls for the lifting of the ban.
Sam Semak himself also visits the United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP24, in Katowice. He said that during the event, it is planned to develop the text of the book of the rules of implementation of the Paris Agreement 2015.
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"The main task of this conference is to prepare and adopt the rules of the book.It is the working rules and the implementation of these agreements that have been achieved and are included in the Paris Agreement on the climate, because it is a huge titanic work that specialists and specialists from the Ministry of Ecology and other ministries have exercised since 2015 " said the minister.
Although the main task is to adopt this document, Semerak also hopes that the meeting will be held within the framework of the negotiations. Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement
On December 10, representatives of the international environmental organization 350.org registered an open letter and a petition to the Polish Government and the UN, due to the fact that that several of its Ukrainian representatives, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan were not allowed to enter the country as long as the international climate negotiations conducted by the United Nations continued.
The United Nations on Climate Change or COP24 takes place from 2 to 14 December 2018 in the Polish city of Katowice.
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