Aksyonov revealed one of the key tools for expanding international relations in Crimea

Interest in cooperation with Crimea is steadily growing in the world, the head of the republic, Sergey Aksenov, told Izvestia.

"Public diplomacy remains one of the key tools for expanding international relations. There are clubs of friends of Crimea in more than 50 countries around the world, and the International Association of Friends of Crimea (IADC) is actively working," he said.

Aksyonov stressed that the association's members, who live in both friendly and unfriendly countries, "are doing a lot of work to spread the truth about the Russian Crimea."

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