Head of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ly Quoc Tuan on February 2 held a working session with Ukrainian Ambassador to Viet Nam Aleksiy Shovkoplias regarding the Security Service of Ukraine raiding and arresting some Vietnamese citizens in Odessa, Ukraine on January 28.
At the meeting, Mr. Tuan said that the case has caused worries for the Vietnamese community living and working in Ukraine.
He proposed the Ukrainian side to address the issue, release the arrested people and return property and money for these people.
Ambassador Aleksiy Shovkoplias confirmed that he will report Viet Nam's requests to his country and promptly provide the Vietnamese side with updated information.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU, dubbed as the Ukrainian FBI) raided into a Vietnamese quarter in Odessa City on January 28, Novorossia Today reported.
The operation in the Vietnamese quarter on Grushevskogo Street resulted in a brawl between fighters of the special division "Alpha" and residents of the “Lotus” housing complex.
According to the report, SBU officers, who were searching for evidence of illegal activity by immigrants (particularly illegal foreign currency transactions), acted rather unceremoniously, breaking into the apartments of Vietnamese immigrants.
Vietnamese ambassador to Ukraine Nguyen Minh Tri sent a team of diplomats to Odessa to work with local authorities as soon as he was informed of the operation, Viet Nam News Agency reported.
