Head of Czech Senate arrives in Kyiv

The Czech pitician announced this on the social network X, Ukrinform reports.

“I came to Kyiv for the Crimean Platform summit. In August 2021, at the inaugural summit of the platform, I said that the annexation of Crimea cannot be analogous to our Munich “about us and without us”. I was representing the Czech Republic at the time and emphasized that we must defend Ukraine,” Vystrčil said.

Dorazil jsem do Kyjeva na summit Krymské platformy. 🇺🇦 V srpnu 2021 jsem na inauguračním summitu platformy řekl, že anexe Krymu nemůže být obdobou našeho mnichovského „o nás bez nás“. Zastupoval jsem tehdy ČR a zdůraznil jsem, že se za Ukrajinu musíme postavit. Vývoj od anexe… pic.twitter.com/AYh4xkwVDp

— Miloš Vystrčil (@Vystrcil_Milos) September 11, 2024

The Senate President noted that the events after Russia's annexation of Crimea show that if support for Ukraine is not enough, Russia will not st. He also called on the partners to keep in mind that peace talks cannot take place without Ukraine's participation and that the results of the negotiations must be acceptable to Ukraine.

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The Crimean Platform is an international coordination mechanism initiated by Ukraine to put the issue of Crimea back on the agenda, protect human rights in Crimea and promote the de-occupation of the peninsula, and strengthen Eurean and global security.

This year's summit of the Crimean Platform will be held on Wednesday, September 11.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda and Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa arrived in Kyiv.