NATO PA welcomes creation of yhe "Crimea Platform" and expresses readiness to build its parliamentary dimension

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
26 August 2021, 15:53


This was stated by Co-Chair of the Ukraine-NATO Interparliamentary Council (UNIC) Ojars Kalnins at the meeting with First Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk and Chairperson of the Permanent Delegation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to the NATO PA Yegor Chernev.
During the meeting, O. Kalnins noted that the NATO PA was the first to establish an informal support group for the Crimea Platform, which will be an important contribution to consolidating the efforts of the international community to counter Russia's aggressive policy and militarization of the Ukrainian peninsula.
In turn, R. Stefanchuk informed the participants of the meeting about significant progress in various areas of Euro-Atlantic reforms, including the adoption of important legislation and guidelines in the field of security and defense.
Yegor Chernev proposed to identify the security situation in the Black Sea region and countering the militarization of Crimea as one of the priority topics for discussion at the planned UNIC meeting in Odesa on October 26-27, 2021. He also noted the importance of involving Georgian colleagues and representatives of other delegations in the development and implementation of an effective deterrence strategy of the Russian Federation.
At the end of the meeting, O. Kalnins shared the positive experience of holding the NATO PA session in Riga, which could be useful for Ukraine in the context of holding the 2022 meeting of the Assembly in Kyiv.