János Áder, President of the Republic of Hungary, will visit Ukraine on August 23, where he will participate in the inaugural meeting of the Crimean Platform, the Office of the President of the Republic informed our editorial office.
The first summit of the Platform in Kiev is expected to adopt a joint declaration reaffirming the participants’ commitment to Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity and outlining the framework for international policy towards Crimea.
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As we wrote, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and President János Áder in April received an invitation to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Ukrainian independence. A series of events commemorating the anniversary will be held in Kiev on 23-24 August.
What makes the event interesting is that it will be the first round anniversary since the 2014 Russian occupation of the Crimea and eastern Ukraine. That is why Ukrainian President Vologyimir Zelensky has organized a summit called the Crimea Platform, at which I would like to emphasize that the international community still does not recognize the legitimacy of the annexation of the peninsula.
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Charles Michel, President of the European Council, were also invited to the summit. At the inaugural summit of the Crimean Platform to be held next week, announced by the President of Ukraine at the United Nations (UN) summit last week, this so far, forty-two countries have indicated their intention to participate. The exact list of participants will not be revealed until the last minute, fearing that Moscow may put pressure on its international partners venturing to the summit.
The Index gave an exclusive interview to Emine Japarova, First Deputy Foreign Minister, who herself is of Crimean Tatar origin and worked as a journalist and presenter on the Crimean Tatar ATR channel in Simferopol until 2014, and has been organizing the platform since last year. The interview click here to read.
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