Crimea Platform Summit: Britain's representative believes putin will not win this war and must be aware of that
putin cannot and will not win in the war he started against Ukraine: this must be clearly communicated to the dictator of the aggressor country
Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, made a corresponding statement at the First Parliamentary Summit of the International Crimea Platform via video link, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
He called on all parliamentary democracies represented at the summit to send such a message to the russian leader.
Hoyle expressed hope that the summit participants will be able to demonstrate to putin that his actions will only strengthen their unity in supporting Ukraine.
"I am sure that with the strength of the parliamentary democracies stressing the importance of international law, human rights, and fundamental freedoms, together we will send Putin a message that is crystal clear.
He cannot win. He will not win. And peace and democracy in Ukraine, by the extension of in Crimea, will prevail," Hoyle said.
The Speaker of the House of Commons of Great Britain noted that the parliamentary summit of the Crimea Platform is taking place at an extremely critical time. He emphasized that the war against Ukraine has entered an even more dangerous phase in recent weeks.
"The wave of missile strikes on cities across Ukraine has targeted parks and roads used by civilians, proving that nobody is safe from the ire of the aggressor, vladimir putin.
That is why this summit is so important. We, as heads of democratic parliaments and members of parliamentary assemblies and associations, need to speak as one in defending international law," the speaker of the House of Commons of Great Britain said.
He noted that Great Britain fully supported Ukraine and the liberation of Crimea.
Hoyle also assured that the United Kingdom would continue to stand with the Ukrainian people, whose courage the British admire.
"We will continue to support those Ukrainians fleeing the war, provide military hardware to the Ukrainian armed forces and train thousands of Ukrainian troops to help them resist this illegal invasion," the House of Commons of Great Britain promised.
We want to remind you that on October 25, the first parliamentary summit of the international Crimea Platform began in Zagreb, Croatia.
The day before, in Zagreb, within the summit's framework, an expert discussion was held on the problems of the de-occupation of Crimea and the general situation with human rights in the occupied territories.
