The speaker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Maria Zakharova, in an interview with the Crimean Journal media agency, stated that the Russian Federation is ready to take part in the Crimean Platform if the issue of de-occupation of the peninsula is not discussed on this platform.
“If on this site it is planned to discuss the restoration of the Crimean water supply and electricity supply, Kyiv lifting the trade and transport blockade of the peninsula, then we are not against such cooperation”,- she said.
Zakharova noted that “if Kyiv is going to play on its platform the old melody about de-occupation , then this format does not interest us.” The Russian Foreign Ministry speaker claims that the issue of Crimea's status was resolved by the Crimeans themselves in 2014.
“The peninsula is a full-fledged subject of the Russian Federation, and no platforms, formats, strategies will change this”,- she added.