Poland’s president to attend Crimea Platform Summit in Kyiv

That’s according to his Office’s press service, Ukrinform reports.

"On August 23-24, 2021 (Monday-Tuesday), President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, will take part in the Crimea Platform Summit and the celebration of Ukraine’s Independence Day in Kyiv," the statement reads.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, the Crimea Platform Summit will take place in Kyiv on August 23.

The Crimea Platform is a new consultative and coordination format initiated by Ukraine to step up the efficiency of international response to the occupation of Crimea, respond to growing security challenges, increase international pressure on Russia, prevent further human rights violations, protect victims of the occupation regime, and achieve the main goal: to de-occupy Crimea and restore Ukraine’s sovereignty over the peninsula.

The Platform is to operate at several levels: heads of state and government, foreign ministers, inter-parliamentary cooperation, expert network.

The Crimea Platform is expected to be presented in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

As Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the Preparation of the Constituent Summit of the Crimean Platform, noted on Wednesday, the total number of its participants has already reached 38.

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