NATO PA calls upon the Russian Federation to end immediately its interference in Ukraine’s domestic affairs

The NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) has adopted the Declaration on Supporting Ukraine. The document has been presented by Hugh Bayley, President of the NATO PA.

In this document, the Assembly expresses its solidarity with the people of Ukraine defending their national independence and territorial integrity and condemns Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its other actions “to destabilise and undermine the sovereignty of other parts of Ukraine, and particularly its south-eastern regions.” The declaration expresses a conviction that the 25 May presidential elections in Ukraine “are a critical step towards the consolidation of Ukraine’s democracy and a clear signal in favour of national unity.”

The NATO PA urges the governments and parliaments of the North Atlantic Alliance and the European Union (EU) “to increase their political, financial, economic, material and technical support to the government and the people of Ukraine and to Ukraine’s efforts to build a strong, accountable and democratic state which guarantees human rights and the rule of law.”

The declaration underlines the need to increase measures to defend Central and Eastern European Allies and to demonstrate NATO’s resolve to protect the territorial integrity of all its members.

The declaration also calls upon the Russian Federation to end immediately its interference in Ukraine’s domestic affairs, engage in a direct dialogue with the newly elected President of Ukraine and with the government, and respect the principle that all nations are free to exercise their own choices and decisions regarding their international economic and political aspirations and affiliations.

Please find the full document here: Documents.

Jolanta Anskaitienė, Public Relations Unit, Communications Department, Office of the Seimas,

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