(MENAFN- UkrinForm)The United States fully supports Ukraine’s Crimean Platform initiative and will make every effort together with partners to make it successful and to draw international attention to the consequences of Russia’s occupation of the Ukrainian peninsula.
''We look forward to supporting Ukraine’s launch of the Crimean Platform initiative,” Acting Assistant Secretary of State Philip Reeker said at the Conference ''Ukraine in Washington and Beyond” on May 11, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.
He noted that it would take place in August and would be timed to the 30th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence.
''And this will be a really great opportunity to draw international attention to the strategic consequences of Russia’s occupation and militarization of Crimea, including the far-reaching consequences for security in the Black Sea,” the U.S. diplomat said.
In this regard, Reeker noted that the United States would make efforts both through the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv and through allies and partners to make the Crimean Platform initiative a success.
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.
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.
Ukraine is actively inviting world countries to take part in the Crimean Platform activities.
The Crimean Platform is to be launched officially at an inaugural summit in Kyiv in August 2021.
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