Ukraine expects Benelux countries to participate in Crimean Platform

"We talked about what the EU and its individual member states could do to deter Russia. We talked about supporting Ukrainian reforms. We talked about the Crimean Platform, and we will be waiting for guests from Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg and their participation in this platform," Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba said at a joint briefing with the foreign ministers of the Benelux countries in Kyiv, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

The Ukrainian minister thanked his colleagues for their strong support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity and for visiting our country to show solidarity in the face of Russian aggression. Kuleba recalled that the last visit of the Benelux countries’ ministers was paid to Ukraine in 2015. According to him, their current arrival is a real manifestation of support and friendship.

"We continue to work on all the issues we discussed today, from countering Russian aggression and promoting Ukraine's European integration to Ukraine's accession to the Istanbul Convention and combating the COVID-19 pandemic," Kuleba noted.

As reported, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium Sophie Wilmès, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Stef Blok, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn make a joint working visit to Ukraine. On May 6, they visited the line of contact in Luhansk region to get acquainted with the security situation in the zone of armed conflict in eastern Ukraine.

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