KIEV, July 9 – The Crimea issue remains open for the international community and the occupation of the peninsula by Russia will never be recognized, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said.

"Not a single state for which human rights, international law and international security aren't just words will ever recognize Russian occupation of Crimea and the criminal decisions Russia made," Klimkin said when commenting on the statement of his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov that the Crimean issue had been closed.