Ukraine and several European Union member states have established the so-called Kiev Initiative. The aim is to strengthen regional cooperation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Monday evening. Among the participants in the initiative, he named neighbouring states Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary, as well as the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Zelensky said other countries may also join. The Ukrainian president described the Kiev initiative as "a very promising line of our work within the Euro-Atlantic grouping." In his video address, the Ukrainian president also recalled the second annual summit of the so-called Crimean Platform. It starts today, Tuesday 23 August. In total, more than 50 participants from Europe, Asia, Africa as well as South, Central and North America have announced their presence at the online summit. The Crimean Platform, established last year, aims to bring the Crimean Peninsula back under Kiev's sovereignty. Ukraine is thus trying to mobilise support for this goal. The Crimean peninsula, a strategically important territory bathed by the Black Sea, was annexed by Russia in 2014 but is still part of Ukraine under international law.
Source: TASR
