The Second Summit of the Crimea Platform initiated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy took place. Representatives of about 60 foreign countries and international organizations took part in its work. In particular, the leaders of the G7, representatives of the African continent and Latin American countries joined the event.

Due to security requirements given the full-scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, this year the summit was held in the format of a video conference. President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda personally came to Kyiv to participate in the event.

Opening the summit, the Ukrainian Head of State noted that Ukraine has a well-elaborated vision of how to restore our Crimean peninsula after the expulsion of the Russian invaders.

“That is why we are adding two more directions to the work of the Crimea Platform: economic and legislative directions. We have a strategy for the restoration of Crimea - today it will be presented as part of the economic panel. And we are creating a legislative foundation for Crimea - after deoccupation, as well as for all those for whom Crimea is much more than even home,” the President said.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy also announced that this year the Crimea Platform will have a continuation in the form of a parliamentary summit in the autumn in Croatia.

“No longer online, with the presence of parliamentary delegations of the world. We use all the power of democracies to protect our state and the international legal order,” he said.

During the event, the participants considered the issues of security and human rights on the peninsula occupied by Russia, as well as the restoration of the Autonomous Republic after liberation.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who joined the summit online, emphasized that Crimea is Ukraine, the borders of Ukraine are internationally recognised, and Denmark continue to support the return of all currently occupied territories of Ukraine, including Crimea and Sevastopol because all of Ukraine belongs to the Ukrainians.

Following the Summit, the participants adopted a Joint Statement.