Mierina to attend Parliamentary Summit of Crimea Platform next week

RIGA - On Monday, November 24, Saeima Speaker Daiga Mierina (Greens/Farmers), will visit the Swedish capital Stockholm to participate in the Parliamentary Summit of the Crimea Platform.

According to the Saeima press service, the speaker will call on the international community to prevent the issue of the illegal occupation of Crimea from disappearing from the global agenda.

Parliament lawmakers from around the world will gather in Stockholm next week for the 4th Parliamentary Summit of the International Crimea Platform. The aim of the summit is to highlight the global impact of Russia's aggression and to continue to shed international light on the crimes committed by the aggressor. This year, lawmakers will also discuss sanctions, human rights, security, economic and environmental consequences, as well as the return home of abducted Ukrainian children.

The International Crimea Platform was established in 2021 as a format for coordination and consultation at the level of states and governments, parliaments, foreign ministers and experts. It is designed to raise awareness among world leaders and the wider public about the temporary occupation and annexation of the Crimean peninsula, its negative impact on the human rights of local people, security in the Black Sea region, global food security and the rules-based world order. The Crimea Platform aims to bring an end to the occupation of Crimea and its peaceful return to Ukraine.

Last October, the Crimea Platform held its Parliamentary Summit in Riga, and earlier in Zagreb and Prague, bringing together parliament lawmakers from around the world and international parliamentary organizations.

During her visit to Sweden, Mierina is also scheduled to meet with German Bundestag President Julia Klockner.