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Comments twitter facebook Sina Microblog reddit KIEV, March 21 -- The Constitutional Court of Ukraine declared Crimea's proclaimingindependence from the country as unconstitutional, the court's press service said Friday.
A verdict issued by the court said the Black Sea peninsula's decision to seek independencedoes not conform to the Constitution, which guarantees Ukraine's territorial integrity andsovereignty.
At an extraordinary session Monday, the Crimean parliament passed a declaration ofindependence from Ukraine, after official results showed 96.77 percent of Crimean voterschose to join Russia in Sunday's referendum.
The declaration appeals to the United Nations and its member states to recognize itsexistence and promises to "build its relations with other states on the basis of equality,peace, good neighborliness and other universally recognized principles of political, economicand cultural cooperation."
Russia was the first country to recognize Crimea as a sovereign and independent state.
On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and leaders of Crimea signed a treatyaccepting the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol as part of Russian territory.
（Editor：WangXin、Yao Chun）
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