DHAKA: Ukraine on Monday denounced the visit of Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev to Crimea, describing it as a ‘crude violation’ of the rules of international behaviour.

‘The Ukrainian foreign ministry, in its note to the Russian Federation, expressed a categorical protest and stated that the visit of an official person to the territory of another state without preliminary agreement is a crude violation of the rules of the international community,’ ministry spokesman Evhen Perebiynis told journalists.

The Straits Times publishes this report.

BDST: 2059 HRS, MAR 31, 2014