On May 13, First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Emine Dzhaparova held a meeting with Secretary General of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia Jonatan Vseviov.

First Deputy Minister expressed her sincere gratitude to the Estonian leadership for supporting Ukraine's sovereignty, territorial integrity and Euro-Atlantic aspirations. "Your visit to Kyiv is an extremely important testimony of the solidarity between Estonia and Ukraine, which we highly appreciate," - Emine Dzhaparova said.

In his turn, Secretary General Jonatan Vseviov stressed that "the issue of Crimea and Donbas is not only a question of Ukraine's security, but of the entire Europe. That is why it is important to step up advocacy efforts regarding the illegal occupation of Crimea and keep this issue in the focus of attention of all European capitals".

Emine Dzhaparova informed her Estonian counterpart about the situation in the temporarily occupied Crimea, emphasizing the problem of misinformation, anti-Ukrainian propaganda and militarization of the education. The parties also discussed preparations for the inaugural summit of the Crimea Platform and the possibility of involving Estonian researchers and analysts in the activities of its expert network.

"We can see a strong interest of the world community in the Crimea Platform, which gives new impetus to the Crimean issue and highlights its importance on the international agenda,"- First Deputy Minister noted. She also thanked the Estonian side for supporting Ukraine's efforts to de-occupy the Crimean peninsula.