Speaking at the summit, US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said the US is proud to support Ukraine as it marks the 30th anniversary of its independence.
Stressing that the US will continue to sanction Russia as long as it does not cease its aggression in the Donbas and Crimea regions, she said: “We will continue to support the Crimea Platform, keeping true to our long-held view that Crimea is Ukraine, will always be Ukraine -- and that Russia must be held accountable for its aggression."
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Turkey has not and will not recognize the illegal occupation of Crimea by Russia and will support Ukraine’s territorial integrity, the Turkish foreign minister has said while attending the annual Crimean Platform meeting held by Ukraine in Kyiv.
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Çavuşoğlu said that he attended the meeting to emphasize the importance Turkey attaches to the territorial integrity of Ukraine and to the rig