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Niinistö to address Crimea Platform summit in Kyiv

Published : 23 Aug 2021, 03:18

  DF Report
President Sauli Niinistö. File Photo: President Office by Matti Porre.

President Sauli Niinistö will travel to the inaugural summit of the Crimea Platform in Kyiv, Ukraine on Monday, said the President Office in a press release.

The President will address the summit.

In addition to the summit, Niinistö will attend a lunch hosted by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and hold a bilateral meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart during the visit.

The Crimea Platform is an initiative of Ukraine aimed at raising the issue of Crimea in international cooperation and strengthening international coordination on the situation in Crimea.

Niinistö last met with Zelensky on an official visit to Ukraine in September 2019.