About 10 companies to sign memorandum on work in Crimea after de-occupation - Zelensky

He said this during a press conference on the sidelines of the Crimean Platform summit, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"Today we will sign a memorandum with a dozen, maybe even more, serious leading companies that are willing and ready to come and develop Crimea economically immediately after de-occupation," the head of state said.

According to him, it is important that after liberation from Russian invaders, the economy develops in Crimea and the peninsula works not only during the hot tourist season.

The President emphasized that concrete steps are being developed to de-occupy in the context of the security situation in Crimea.

Zelensky said that after the liberation, a temporary military administration would be established on the peninsula.

The head of state added that the actual integration of the peninsula into Ukraine is important, albeit difficult, as it has been under Russian occupation for 9.5 years.

He also reminded that Ukraine is moving towards the EU and expressed confidence that Crimea as part of the Ukrainian state in the EU will be "a completely different story."

As Ukrinform reported, the third International Summit of the Crimean Platform was taking place in Kyiv on Wednesday, dedicated to Ukraine's vision of the future of the temporarily occupied Crimea and security issues in the Black Sea region.