Stoltenberg does not rule out participation in Crimean Platform summit

This was reported by the press service of the head of state.

During a phone conversation, President Volodymyr Zelensky invited Jens Stoltenberg to take part in the celebrations marking the 30th anniversary of Ukraine's independence and in the Crimean Platform summit to be held in August this year.

The NATO secretary general said he was seriously considering that possibility.

As reported, the Crimean Platform is a new consultative and coordination format initiated by Ukraine to improve the efficiency of the international response to the occupation of Crimea, respond to growing security challenges, step up international pressure on Russia, prevent further human rights violations, protect victims of the occupying power and to achieve the de-occupation of Crimea and its return to Ukraine.

The Crimean Platform is expected to operate at the level of heads of state and government, foreign ministers, in the dimension of inter-parliamentary cooperation and expert network.

The Crimean Platform is to be launched officially at an inaugural summit in Kyiv in 2021.

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