Document on de-occupation of Crimea coordinated and will be submitted to NSDC – Kuleba

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said this at an online briefing on Thursday, August 6, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"Yesterday, under the chairmanship of Vice Prime Minister - Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Oleksiy Reznikov, a meeting was held at which the executive authorities coordinated their positions and approaches to the strategy of de-occupation of Crimea. The work on this issue does not stop. We have decided on further actions in order to synchronize and unite all positions and materials from the executive authorities. First of all, we are talking about the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Reintegration and the representative body of the President of Ukraine in Crimea," Kuleba said.

According to Kuleba, such a document will be submitted to the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC). "We will prepare a consolidated document and submit it to the National Security and Defense Council for involvement in a common strategy document, which will finally be adopted," the minister said.

As Ukrinform reported, Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Anton Korynevych drew attention to the need to develop a strategy for de-occupation and reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories. Such a strategy is urgently needed, he said. After all, it is already the seventh year of the occupation of Crimea, and Ukraine still does not have a consolidated strategy to regain control over the peninsula. At the same time, Korynevych noted that a great part of this strategy should be closed and secret, especially information relating to security issues.

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