On 11 September 2024, Kyiv hosted the Fourth Summit of the Crimea Platform. This year, the summit brought together more than 60 representatives of different countries and international organizations to discuss the problems in occupied Crimea and accelerate the de-occupation of the peninsula.

Prime Minister Dick Schoof delivered a video statement at the Summit on behalf of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Special Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for Ukraine, Erica Schouten, attended the Summit in Kyiv.

«In 2014, Crimea became a testing ground for all the atrocities Russia has committed since then, in the other parts of Ukraine it has occupied: summary executions, intimidation and torture of journalists, lawyers and NGO workers, the abduction and deportation of the most vulnerable members of society: children», stated in his address Dick Schoof, Prime Minister of the Netherlands.

Following the Summit, the participants adopted a Joint Statement in which, among other things, they emphasized their unwavering commitment to restoring Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, including the de-occupation of Crimea, by continuing to provide Ukraine with comprehensive political, financial, and military assistance in countering Russian aggression.