More than 40 countries unite in Ukraine to condemn annexation of Crimea

A Russian ship in the port of Sevastopol, Crimea, in 2014. REUTERS / Stringer

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Diplomatic meetings follow one after another in Ukraine, where the Crimean Platform will be inaugurated today: the first major international summit which wishes to address the difficult question of the desoccupation of Crimea, annexed in 2014 by Russia.

Forty countries will be represented in Kiev, at the time of this summit which causes a bad mood in the Kremlin.

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With our correspondent in Kiev,

Stéphane Siohan

The Crimean Platform is an international summit which will bring together representatives of around 45 countries this Monday in Kiev.

For the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, the objective is as follows: to create a consultative body between all the states which condemn the annexation of Crimea by Russia and to lead to a joint declaration which could constitute the future legal basis of a return of Crimea to Ukrainian fold, in accordance with international law. 

According to the organizers, this is the first international initiative to counter territorial annexation since World War II.

Beyond the question of sovereignty over Crimea, discussions should also focus on the repression targeting the Crimean Tatar population, but also on the blockade of the Sea of ​​Azov, and even of the Black Sea, created by facto by the Russian Federation.

The Kremlin is also strongly irritated by this initiative, to the point that it has put pressure on many states not to participate in the Crimean Platform.

Thus Azerbaijan, generally on good terms with Ukraine, has just defected at the last minute.

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