Poroshenko: Norway's investments on border with Crimea is contribution to peninsula’s de-occupation

Ukraine views Norwegian investments in construction of a wind power station in the south of Kherson region near the administrative border with Crimea as Norway's contribution to de-occupation of the peninsula.

"We view the investments of a Norwegian company on the border with Crimea as Norway's contribution to Crimea's de-occupation," President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said at the meeting with Foreign Minister of Norway Ine Eriksen Søreide, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

He recalled that Norwegian company planned to invest about $450 million in construction of a wind power station in Kherson region, a few kilometers from Lake Syvash and the Ukrainian Crimea which is currently occupied by Russia.

"The investment of Norwegian company a few kilometers from the administrative border with the occupied territory shows a firm conviction that this territory will be liberated," Poroshenko noted.

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