Inter-factional association ‘Crimean Platform’ created in parliament

Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Dmytro Razumkov said this during the morning plenary session on Thursday, December 3, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“According to Article 60 of the Rules of Procedure of the Verkhovna Rada, I inform you about the creation of the inter-factional deputy association “Crimean Platform” in the Verkhovna Rada of the ninth convocation,” Razumkov said.

According to him, MPs Rustem Umerov, Mustafa Dzhemilev, Akhtem Chiygoz, Yelyzaveta Yasko, and Vadym Halaichuk were elected as co-chairmen of the association.

As reported, on September 23, President Volodymyr Zelensky presented the concept of the international Crimean Platform to the UN and invited international partners to join the initiative for de-occupation of Crimea. During the Ukraine-EU Summit on October 6, the European Union confirmed its readiness for such an initiative. Ukraine is coordinating this issue at the level of national governments of EU states.

The Crimean Platform summit will take place in Kyiv in May 2021.

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