Razumkov said why an extraordinary session on the Crimean platform is planned
The parliament is collecting signatures of people's deputies of Ukraine for holding an extraordinary session during the Crimean Platform summit on August 23. The Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Dmytro Razumkov announced the need for an extraordinary session.
This was reported by the press service of the parliament with reference to the head of parliament Dmitry Razumkov.
According to him, the session should collect at least 150 signatures of deputies.
"There will be an extraordinary session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. I hope it will take place on August 23. Why do we need an extraordinary session? It is planned to adopt a resolution on the parliamentary dimension of the Crimean Platform", - he said.
In addition, he said that the leadership of the parliaments of the Czech Republic and Switzerland also confirmed their intention to visit the Verkhovna Rada during the events of the Crimean Platform.
What is known
- Deputy Oleksiy Honcharenko said that at the extraordinary session they want to consider a draft resolution on the Ukrainian government's appeal to international organizations to strengthen international cooperation within the Platform for Counteracting Russian Aggression.
- The 28 states have confirmed their participation in the Crimean Platform summit.
- US Secretary of Transportation Peter Buttigej will represent the United States at the Crimean Platform summit. The White House has not yet officially announced who will lead the US delegation during its visit to Ukraine.
- According to First Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Emine Dzheppar, the main issues of the "Crimean Platform" will be the restoration of justice and international law as values, the deoccupation of the Ukrainian peninsula and the release of Crimean political prisoners.
