Speakers from all over the world met at the Riksdag in support of Ukraine

Almost 70 delegations were represented when the Speaker Andreas Norlén, together with the Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk hosted a parliamentary summit in Stockholm on 23–24 November.

The meeting took place within the framework of the Crimea Platform, a format of meetings of governments and parliaments aimed at highlighting the consequences of Russia’s annexation of Crimea and war of aggression against Ukraine. The summit in Stockholm was the fourth parliamentary summit of the Crimea Platform.

“The fact that almost 70 delegations from throughout the world were represented at the parliamentary summit shows how broad support there is for Ukraine. The international community has understood that it is not only Ukraine’s freedom that is at stake in this struggle, but also the security of Europe and the future of the rules-based world order”, says the Speaker Andreas Norlén.

During the summit, a joint statement was adopted which clearly condemns Russia’s continued aggression and underlines the need for sanctions and accountability mechanisms.

Joint Statement of the Fourth Parliamentary Summit of the International Crimea Platform (pdf. 206kB)

In addition to highlighting the consequences of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, sanctions, human rights, security and economic and environmental consequences were raised.

The Crimea Platform – Stockholm

Background

The Crimea Platform was launched at government level in Kiev in 2021 with the participation of then Prime Minister Stefan Löfven (Social Democratic Party) and Minister for Defence Peter Hultqvist (Social Democratic Party), together with representatives from 41 other countries, as well as the EU, NATO, OSCE and the Council of Europe. The meetings at government level have since been held online, once a year. The first parliamentary summit was held in Zagreb in 2022 and summits have since been held in Prague in 2023 and in Riga in 2024.

Watch webcasts on-demand

The parliamentary summit, press conference and following high-level meeting can be watched on demand via the Riksdag webcast service. The webcast of the summit was also interpreted into English and Ukrainian.

Further information

Eva Östlund, International Department of the Riksdag, telephone: +46 70 609 67 39, email: eva.ostlund@riksdagen.se
The Speaker’s Press Service, telephone +46 8 786 44 00