Crimean Platform support group to be set up in NATO Parliamentary Assembly

As Ukrinform reports with reference to the press service of the Servant of the People party, this was announced by Yehor Chernev, the Head of the Permanent Delegation of Ukraine to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, MP from the Servant of the People.

“Our main task is to promote the agenda of the Crimean Platform and counteract the disinformation about Crimea spread by the Russian Federation in the NATO members states. This is one of the elements of information counteraction to the hybrid war with Russia. We will inform all NATO member states about the real situation in Crimea so that these countries also form the correct information plan concerning the peninsula,” he explained.

The group will consist of six members: three representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly from NATO member states and three members of the Permanent Delegation of Ukraine to the NATO PA.

In particular, Head of the Delegation Yehor Chernev, First Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk and a representative of one of the opposition factions in the Verkhovna Rada, whose candidacy is currently being clarified, will join the group.

Chernev also invited NATO PA President, U.S. Congressman Gerald Connolly, who co-authored U.S. legislative initiatives on sanctions against Russia and non-recognition of attempted annexation of Crimea, to take part in the presentation of the Crimean Platform.

"From the very beginning of the Russian aggression, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly has strongly condemned the annexation of Crimea and has consistently supported Ukraine's territorial integrity all these years. The support of international partners suggests that the occupation of Crimea will never be justified. The path towards the de-occupation consists of tactical steps. The Crimean Platform is one of them," he concluded.

As Ukrinform reported, the inaugural summit of the Crimean Platform is scheduled for August 23. Among other things, it is planned to adopt a charter that will record the non-recognition of the temporary occupation of Crimea.

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