International support for the Crimean Platform summit has increased, 40 states and international organizations have confirmed their participation. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said this at a briefing on Friday.
The Foreign Minister said that the “Crimean Platform” is the only mechanism for solving the problem around Crimea, annexed by Russia 7 years ago.
Kuleba expressed satisfaction with the nervous reaction of the Russian Foreign Minister to the upcoming summit of the “Crimean Platform”, which Sergei Lavrov called a “Sabbath.”
“I will not hide – I am pleased with this nervous reaction. As Mahatma Gandhi said, at first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they start fighting with you, and then you win, ”he said.
The Ukrainian minister believes that Russia is already at the third stage, and the fourth stage will certainly be, and this will be the return of Crimea.
On August 23, Kiev will host the founding summit of the initiative of the President of Ukraine “Crimean Platform”, which will unite all existing national and international efforts to de-occupy the Ukrainian peninsula. The founding summit will be the platform’s first event at the highest political level.
Within the framework of the platform, 4 panel discussions will take place on the topics: “Non-recognition of the annexation of Crimea”, “Armament of the regions of the Azov and Black seas”, “Reintegration of Crimea” and “Compensation of the rights of the Crimean Tatar Turks”.