Austria's Foreign Minister Schallenberg at Crimea Platform

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: August 23, 2023; 23:48 ♦ (Vindobona)

Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg virtually participated in the Crimea Platform Summit - an initiative of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs working to restore Ukraine's full sovereignty over Crimea in accordance with international law. The meeting took place on the eve of Ukrainian Independence Day.

The meeting took place on the eve of Ukrainian Independence Day, which this time is celebrated exactly one and a half years after the beginning of the Russian war of aggression devastating Ukraine. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / State Emergency Service of Ukraine/ CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)

"Russia must not go scot-free for its misdeeds," Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg stressed in a powerful message during his virtual participation in the Crimea Platform Summit on Aug. 23, 2023, a high-level meeting held a day before Ukraine's Independence Day aimed at restoring Ukraine's sovereignty over Crimea in accordance with international law.

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