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Today, December 1, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke about the situation around the Crimea, which is temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation.
The head of state said this during his speech in the Verkhovna Rada with an annual message, UA writes.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke about the successes and the international agenda of the Crimean platform.
“We rely only on ourselves. [We] do not wait tens of months [of consequences] for the capture of Crimea, but gather dozens of countries to liberate it and launch the Crimean platform. 46 delegations took part in the first summit of the Crimean platform. Leaders of the G7, EU, USA, Germany, France, Turkey; the leadership of NATO and the OSCE are all our friends. For the first time since 2014, the deoccupation of Crimea has been discussed at the highest international level. We have returned [the issue] of Crimea to the world agenda” – President said.
The head of state said that the Crimean platform is planned to be enshrined in a resolution of the UN General Assembly.
“For the first time since the occupation, we are fighting for Crimea not on billboards, but on all international platforms and meetings. Not with slogans, but with official documents” – Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
The President noted that for the first time since 2014, a strategy for the deoccupation and reintegration of Crimea has been developed and adopted.
“The area is 27 thousand square meters. km – more than some countries in Europe and the world, but we are not fighting for hectares, but for people, for their citizens. For the first time in history, we passed the Law on Indigenous Peoples, which enshrined the status and rights of Crimean Tatars. We are fighting for our youth and have significantly simplified access to higher education in Ukraine for schoolchildren in Crimea and the temporarily occupied Donbass – without external evaluation, free of charge, without restrictions, without any conditions at any Ukrainian university. We are fighting for the temporarily occupied consciousness of our citizens, so we have launched broadcasting for the temporarily occupied territories. This is our land! Our goal is to release her. No one will do it for us! This is our philosophy! ” – said the head of state.
Earlier it was reported that by December 10, the President will submit to the Verkhovna Rada a bill on the economic passport of Ukrainians
To remind, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba in Riga declared that recognition by Belarus of illegal occupation of Crimea by Russia will become blow to the Ukrainian-Belarusian relations.
