Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in an interview with the UA: Ukrainian Radio media agency that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had already prepared a letter to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, in which it was proposed to consider the format of the international platform for negotiations on Crimea.
Kuleba emphasized that the negotiation platforms for the settlement of the conflict in Donbass and the de-occupation of Crimea should be separate from each other.
“I have on my table a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the President of Ukraine, in which we propose to the President to consider the format of the international platform on Crimea, which we have developed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs”,- the minister said.
The Foreign Minister also commented on the situation with water on the peninsula. He stressed that there is no humanitarian crisis with water in Crimea. There is a crisis in the supply of water to military bases and heavy industry located in Crimea. People living in Crimea have access to water.
“And therefore, the repetition of the narrative about the humanitarian crisis is precisely the strengthening of such a Russian signal. Of course, if people begin to suffer, we will need to think about how we can help them. But, I want to emphasize very clearly that, according to international law, the occupying state has full responsibility for the situation. Period. And therefore we are absolutely confident and calm say that the restoration of water supply to Crimea is possible only in the context of the de-occupation of the peninsula”,- he added.