President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Speaker of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia Inara Murniece, who is in Ukraine on an official visit.

This was reported by the press service of the OP.

The head of state informed the interlocutor about the security situation in Donbass. Particular attention during the meeting was paid to discussing the current situation on the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimea.

“I know that you have a very productive and eventful visit to Ukraine.. I want to thank you and your colleagues for visiting Donbass. I am grateful for supporting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, for not supporting the occupation of Crimea, "

The President recalled that it was the Saeima of Latvia in May 2019 that was the first of the foreign parliaments to recognize the deportation of the Crimean Tatars by the Soviet authorities from the territory of Crimea in 1944 as genocide..

The head of state noted that on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Crimean Tatar People's Genocide on May 18, he submitted to the Verkhovna Rada for consideration as an urgent bill on indigenous peoples.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy highly appreciated the fact that President of Latvia Egils Levits was the first world leader to confirm his intention to personally take part in the inaugural summit of the Crimean Platform in August this year in Kiev.

During the meeting, the recent initiative of the Latvian deputies to create a Crimean Platform Support Group in the Saeima was also positively assessed, which is evidence of Latvia's readiness to practically fill this important format..

The parties also discussed the strategic goal of Ukraine regarding the acquisition of membership in the European Union.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted the importance of signing online in May of this year the joint Declaration of the Presidents of Ukraine and Latvia on the European perspective of Ukraine.

The Head of the Ukrainian State and the Speaker of the Saeima of Latvia agreed on the need to preserve the traditionally high dynamics of the Ukrainian-Latvian inter-parliamentary dialogue both in a bilateral format and within the framework of international parliamentary assemblies..