Crimea Platform Summit started with the participation of 44 NATO and EU countries in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu thanked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for hosting the summit, and said that Turkey has not recognized the Russian annexation of Crimea 7 years ago. He stated that there should be territorial integrity, and a peaceful solution through democracy in the region.