Number of Crimea Platform summit participants rises to 42

"The launch day is approaching. We had 40 participants in the morning. In the afternoon, their number rose to 42," Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba posted on Facebook on August 13.

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 activity of the Crimea Platform will be officially launched at the inaugural summit in Kyiv on August 23, 2021.

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