Hussar attends Crimea Platform parliamentary summit in Riga

The Summit is organised in cooperation of the parliaments of Latvia and Ukraine. It will be opened by Speaker of the Saeima (Parliament) of Latvia Daiga Mieriņa and Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy will deliver a video address. At the beginning of the meeting, Prime Minister of Latvia Evika Siliņa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia Baiba Braže and Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Nariman Dzhelyal will also deliver speeches.

The Summit will commemorate the passing of 80 years from the mass deportation of Crimean Tatars and the passing of 10 years since the occupation of Crimea. The event will also highlight the need to restore Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders, and will discuss the impact of aggression and the crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine. At the conclusion of the Summit, the participants plan to adopt a Joint Declaration.

The President of the Riigikogu plans to have a separate meeting with President of the Cypriot House of Representatives Annita Demetriou within the framework of the Parliamentary Summit.

After the Summit, Hussar will participate in the high-level thematic conference on the fifth point of Ukraine’s 10-point Peace Formula, which will be co-chaired by Estonia and Argentine. The conference will be dedicated to the implementation of the principles of the UN Charter, the role of the General Assembly and the Security Council, and the restoration of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and the world order. The Speakers of the parliaments of Estonia, Latvia and Ukraine will deliver opening addresses.

Member of the Riigikogu and Head of the Estonian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE PA) Mati Raidma will participate in the Parliamentary Summit of the International Crimea Platform as a member of the OSCE PA delegation and address the Summit on behalf of the OSCE PA.

Riigikogu Press Service
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Source: Parliament of Estonia