WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “CRIMEA GLOBAL. UNDERSTANDING UKRAINE THROUGH THE SOUTH” A MEETING BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
Within the framework of the international conference “Crimea Global. Understanding Ukraine through the South” a meeting between Ukrainian officials, Members of the Parliament of Ukraine and representatives of the expert, public, media and scientific environment from different regions from different countries of the world, including India, Indonesia, Qatar, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Kenya, Philippines, Turkey, Austria, Estonia, Argentina, Mexico and others was held. During the meeting, a discussion on the topic “How Ukraine overcomes the consequences of the full scale war with a nuclear power. Lessons learned” was held. The moderator of the event was Ukrainian journalist Natalia Humeniuk.
The round table was attended by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin, Deputy Minister for Eurointegration at the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Valeriya Ionan, Deputy Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine Mustafa-Masi Naiem, Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Tamila Tasheva, Director of the Political Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Liubov Nepop, Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Olexandr Bevz and and Members of the Parliament of Ukraine Alyona Shkrum, Yehor Cherniev, Serhii Babak.
During the discussion, the representatives of the authorities of Ukraine talked about the key steps and directions that the state is taking to overcome the consequences of a full-scale war and emphasized the crimes of Russia, for which it must bear liability. In particular, the speakers said that the visit of experts from different regions of the world is not only a signal of solidarity, but a real step in the manifestation of this solidarity with Ukraine. “Russia is implementing its neo-colonial policy, and the world must be united to speak the truth and show that any aggressor will be prosecuted for their crimes. After all, if we are strong and united in the international arena, the aggressor will think twice to commit a crime again”, – noted the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin. Member of the Parliament of Ukraine Yehor Cherniev emphasized: “If Russia won, it would mean that the world order had been destroyed. This is a war between autocracy and democracy. We need help from international partners in various directions, in particular at the level of justice, overcoming disinformation, and supplying weapons. After all, in order to defeat the enemy, we need to consolidate our efforts.” Alyona Shkrum, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, also added that if Russia does not lose, if it does not take responsibility, it will show that we have one dictator who violates the international security architecture.
The speakers also talked about the steps that Ukraine had managed to implement to overcome the consequences of the full-scale invasion of Russia. In particular, the Deputy Minister for Eurointegration at the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Valerya Ioan emphasized that despite everything, Ukraine continued to build a national system of digital projects and developed many other services that helped implement digital reforms. Member of the Parliament Serhii Babak also mentioned the losses in the educational sphere caused by the war and noted that, despite everything, Ukraine was making maximum efforts to provide for the needs of all students and teachers and to preserve the achievements of the education system that had been in Ukraine before the start of the full-scale war .
The Deputy Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine Mustafa-Masi Naiem, noted that Russia was totally destroying all infrastructure not only in the territory controlled by Ukraine, but also in the temporarily occupied territories. Therefore, it is important to talk about gradual recovery and reconstruction, but to take into account the fact that we are continuing the fight for victory.
The Director of the Political Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine concluded that the worst thing was when we did not spread true information and were silent about the crimes of the aggressor. Liubov Nepop also spoke about Ukraine’s cooperation strategy with African, Latin American countries and countries from other regions of the world.
At the end of the meeting, the Ukrainian side expressed its gratitude to the international guests for their visit to Ukraine, their support for our state, and their willingness to work together to overcome the global challenges of society.