The protection of the human rights of Crimean Tatars, environmental degradation and the stifling of trade in the Black and Azov Sea region are also matters discussed at the summit.

The Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the Preparation of the Constituent Summit of the Crimea Platform is the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba.

Fifth, overcoming the negative impact of the temporary occupation of Crimea on the economy and the environment [16]Negotiations will be conducted in five key areas: Special attention will be paid to the issue of Crimean political prisoners on the occupied peninsula.

The intergovernmental level will act in the form of consultations of foreign ministers, coordination meetings of specialized working groups on priority areas, conferences.

[19] The Crimea Platform inter-factional parliamentary association (Rustem Umierov, Mustafa Dzhemilev, Ahtem Chiygoz, Yelyzaveta Yasko, Vadym Halaichuk) has been established in the Ukrainian parliament, which is developing a package of bills concerning the temporarily annexed peninsula.

[32] Russia also tried to undermine the credibility of the platform and prevent other states from participating in it through blackmail and intimidation - for this reason the list of those invited to the summit had to be kept secret.

This was announced by the US Chargé d'Affaires in Ukraine, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs George Kent in an interview with Radio Liberty.

[36] Sources:[37][38][39][40] On the day of the summit, its participants opened the main office of the Crimean Platform, located in Kyiv, at Lypska street, 2.