{"id":1377839,"date":"2026-04-03T21:45:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T18:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/the-cabinet-of-ministers-granted-the-mejlis-the-status-of-a-representative-body-what-does-this-mean\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T09:40:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T06:40:24","slug":"the-cabinet-of-ministers-granted-the-mejlis-the-status-of-a-representative-body-what-does-this-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-cabinet-of-ministers-granted-the-mejlis-the-status-of-a-representative-body-what-does-this-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine grants Mejlis official representative status \u2014 what it means"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"516\" data-end=\"623\"><strong>The Cabinet of Ministers officially granted the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people the status of a representative body.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"625\" data-end=\"662\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kmu.gov.ua\/npas\/pro-zakriplennia-pravovoho-statusu-predstavnytskoho-orhanu-krymskotatarskoho-narodu-303-030426\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is reported<\/a> on the government website.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"664\" data-end=\"824\">From now on, the Mejlis represents the Crimean Tatar people at the state level. Previously, the body performed this function but lacked a legally established status.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"826\" data-end=\"1034\">Governments are now required to consult the Mejlis before making decisions affecting the Crimean Tatar people, including issues of language, education, culture, media, and integration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1036\" data-end=\"1126\">President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree obliging the government to resolve this issue.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1128\" data-end=\"1280\">The Mejlis was created on June 30, 1991, during the first session of the II Kurultai of the Crimean Tatars in Simferopol, but it has not yet been granted official legal status.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1128\" data-end=\"1280\"><strong>Also, follow &#8220;Pryamyi&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a><\/span>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cabinet of Ministers officially granted the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people the status of a representative body. &nbsp; This is reported on the government website. &nbsp; From now on, the Mejlis represents the Crimean Tatar people at the state level. Previously, the body performed this function but lacked a legally established status. &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1377835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76885],"class_list":["post-1377839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1377839"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1377882,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377839\/revisions\/1377882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1377835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1377839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1377839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}