Japan’s former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has arrived in Crimea.
The foreign delegation was met at the airport of Simferopol by representatives of the republic's leadership, headed by the Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Crimea under the Russian President, Georgy Muradov.
Hatoyama intends to visit cultural and historical sites on the southern coast of Crimea today, to meet with the leadership of the republic on March 11 and to travel to Sevastopol on March 12, Yuga.ru reports.