Czech Senate President arrives in Kyiv for Crimean Platform Summit
Miloš Vystrčil, President of the Czech Senate, has announced that he has arrived in Kyiv to participate in the Crimean Platform Summit.
Vystrčil noted on Twitter (X) that in August 2021, at the inaugural summit of the platform, he said that the annexation of Crimea must not be similar to the Munich Agreement "about us without us".
"I was representing Czechia at the time and stressed that we must stand up for Ukraine. The developments after the annexation of Crimea show us that if our support is not enough, Russia will not stop," the Senate president said.
He added that peace talks cannot take place without Ukraine's participation and that the results of the negotiations must be acceptable to Ukraine.
Dorazil jsem do Kyjeva na summit Krymské platformy. 🇺🇦 V srpnu 2021 jsem na inauguračním summitu platformy řekl, že anexe Krymu nemůže být obdobou našeho mnichovského „o nás bez nás". Zastupoval jsem tehdy ČR a zdůraznil jsem, že se za Ukrajinu musíme postavit. Vývoj od anexe… pic.twitter.com/AYh4xkwVDp
– Miloš Vystrčil (@Vystrcil_Milos) September 11, 2024
On 11 September, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda and Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņia arrived in Kyiv on a visit.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy are also expected to visit Kyiv on 11 September.