US President Joseph Biden will not arrive in Kyiv for the first Crimean Platform summit on August 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – July 26, 2021 \u2013 Diplomatic Affairs<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This was stated in an interview with Radio Liberty by US Charg\u00e9 d’Affaires George Kent, US Deputy Assistant Secretary <\/a>of State for European and Eurasian Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The diplomat clarified that the United States will be represented in the west in Kyiv by a member of the American government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “That is, it will not be a president, a vice president, but a member of the cabinet. And we know that this is very important. This week I met informally with the leaders of the Crimean Tatars – Refat Chubarov and Mustafa Dzhemilev, Deputy Minister Emine Japarova, MP Rustem Umerov. And we talked very deeply about the situation on the peninsula, “Kent said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to him, the process of de-occupation of Crimea is long, “it’s not just the beginning and the end.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Because there are many people who believe that they are Ukrainian citizens in the occupied Crimea<\/a>. And together we must help them,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The international community and diplomats, Kent believes, should not forget about the situation in Crimea. He called the occupation of the peninsula “a unique moment when a permanent member of the UN Security Council simply seized the territory of a neighboring country.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Crimean platform” – what is known about it<\/p>\n\n\n\n On September 23, 2020, during the debate at the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the partners to join the international platform for the de-occupation of Crimea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n