Ukraine Calls on Eurovision Organizers to Refrain from Interfering in Domestic Affairs

• 04.04.2017, 15:43
•  Europe,  EEU,  World

tass.ru

Due to the Supervisory Board of Ukraine’s National Public Broadcasting Company's statement the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) should refrain from interfering in Kiev’s interior affairs and respect Ukraine’s sovereignty.

TASS informs, that the statement was issued to comment on a letter by EBU Director General Ingrid Deltenre in which she told that the entry ban Kiev had issued against Russian Eurovision contestant Yulia Samoilova would "place the future participation of Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest under threat." 

According to the Supervisory Board, the demand to cancel the decision taken by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) within its power and authority, as well as the proposal that the SBU should hold consultations with the EBU before making decisions, could be considered as "interference in Ukraine’s internal affairs which is beyond the EBU’s powers as well as the goals of the Eurovision Song Contest."