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Crimea Platform
The Crimea Platform (Ukrainian: Кримська платформа, romanized: Krymska platforma; Crimean Tatar: Qırım Platforması) is a diplomatic summit initiated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in August 2021 and attended by delegations from 46 Western-aligned countries. It is designed to be an international coordination mechanism to restore Russia–Ukraine relations by means of reversing the 2014 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. The protection of the human rights of Crimean Tatars, environmental degradation and the stifling of trade in the Black and Azov Sea region are also matters discussed at the summit.
The inaugural summit of the platform took place on 23 August 2021, on the eve of the 30th anniversary of Ukrainian independence. As of 2025, three more high-level summits, as well as three parliamentary summits, among other events within the platform, have taken place since, according to its official website.
Plans for such an event were announced by the Ministry of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories, and at the 75th session of the UN General Assembly in September 2020. The first mention of the Crimea Platform initiative appeared in November 2020, when First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Japarova presented it to the ambassadors of EU member states and discussed the practical aspects of involving the European Union in its activities. Subsequently, the Ukrainian authorities conducted a campaign to involve Western countries in the platform. On 26 February 2021, President Zelenskyy signed a Decree "On Certain Measures Aimed at Deoccupation and Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol", which decided to establish the Organizing Committee for the preparation and holding of the Crimea Platform. The Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the Preparation of the Constituent Summit of the Crimea Platform is the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba. It is expected that the Crimea Platform will be represented in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has identified five expected priorities for the Crimea Platform negotiation platform:
Firstly, security, including freedom of navigation. Second, ensuring the effectiveness of sanctions against the aggressor state. Third, the protection of human rights and international humanitarian law. Fourth, protection of educational, cultural and religious rights. Fifth, overcoming the negative impact of the temporary occupation of Crimea on the economy and the environment
Negotiations will be conducted in five key areas:
Special attention will be paid to the issue of Crimean political prisoners on the occupied peninsula.
After the Summit, the activities of the Crimea Platform will not end. Four formats of its work are planned: presidential, foreign ministers, deputy and expert. The intergovernmental level will act in the form of consultations of foreign ministers, coordination meetings of specialized working groups on priority areas, conferences. In particular, it is possible to establish an annual forum dedicated to the security of the wider Black Sea region and beyond.
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Crimea Platform
The Crimea Platform (Ukrainian: Кримська платформа, romanized: Krymska platforma; Crimean Tatar: Qırım Platforması) is a diplomatic summit initiated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in August 2021 and attended by delegations from 46 Western-aligned countries. It is designed to be an international coordination mechanism to restore Russia–Ukraine relations by means of reversing the 2014 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. The protection of the human rights of Crimean Tatars, environmental degradation and the stifling of trade in the Black and Azov Sea region are also matters discussed at the summit.
The inaugural summit of the platform took place on 23 August 2021, on the eve of the 30th anniversary of Ukrainian independence. As of 2025, three more high-level summits, as well as three parliamentary summits, among other events within the platform, have taken place since, according to its official website.
Plans for such an event were announced by the Ministry of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories, and at the 75th session of the UN General Assembly in September 2020. The first mention of the Crimea Platform initiative appeared in November 2020, when First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Japarova presented it to the ambassadors of EU member states and discussed the practical aspects of involving the European Union in its activities. Subsequently, the Ukrainian authorities conducted a campaign to involve Western countries in the platform. On 26 February 2021, President Zelenskyy signed a Decree "On Certain Measures Aimed at Deoccupation and Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol", which decided to establish the Organizing Committee for the preparation and holding of the Crimea Platform. The Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the Preparation of the Constituent Summit of the Crimea Platform is the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba. It is expected that the Crimea Platform will be represented in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has identified five expected priorities for the Crimea Platform negotiation platform:
Firstly, security, including freedom of navigation. Second, ensuring the effectiveness of sanctions against the aggressor state. Third, the protection of human rights and international humanitarian law. Fourth, protection of educational, cultural and religious rights. Fifth, overcoming the negative impact of the temporary occupation of Crimea on the economy and the environment
Negotiations will be conducted in five key areas:
Special attention will be paid to the issue of Crimean political prisoners on the occupied peninsula.
After the Summit, the activities of the Crimea Platform will not end. Four formats of its work are planned: presidential, foreign ministers, deputy and expert. The intergovernmental level will act in the form of consultations of foreign ministers, coordination meetings of specialized working groups on priority areas, conferences. In particular, it is possible to establish an annual forum dedicated to the security of the wider Black Sea region and beyond.