Chairs of the Foreign Affairs Committees of the parliaments of the Baltic States, Czechia, France, the United Kingdom and Ukraine have issued a Joint Statement in which they underline that there can be no compromise regarding Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity – despite strong suggestions to the contrary from the American Trump administration.
In the Joint Statement, the Chairs of Foreign Affairs Committees call upon President Trump and the U.S. Congress to demonstrate leadership in confronting the global threat posed by Russia as an aggressor state. They urge the end of the policy of appeasement and instead taking a united, resolute stance against Russia’s terrorist regime.
“We strongly warn against yielding to its blackmail and deception,” they say.
In the opinion of the Chairs of Foreign Affairs Committees, strong leadership is also needed across European countries, along with reinforced transatlantic solidarity. “We call on European countries to immediately confiscate Russia’s frozen assets and redirect them to support Ukraine. There can be no compromise and no external pressure on Ukraine regarding its sovereignty and territorial integrity,” they emphasise in the Joint Statement.
The Chairs of Foreign Affairs Committees call upon the United States and other NATO members to admit Ukraine into NATO without delay, and urge the EU Member States to accelerate Ukraine’s accession to the European Union.
“We must not repeat the mistakes of Munich in 1938. Negotiating with the war criminal Putin is evidently futile; his main objective is to undermine and humiliate our ally, the United States,” they say.
The Joint Statement calls upon all states to ensure that Vladimir Putin and all those complicit in his crimes are brought to justice. “Lasting peace and security are impossible without accountability for the war crimes committed by his regime,” the Chairs of Foreign Affairs Committees say.
The Joint Statement has been signed by the Chairs of Foreign Affairs Committees of the parliaments of the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Saeima Ināra Mūrniece signed the statement on behalf of Latvia.
The full text of the statement can be read here.
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