Friday, February 25 2022 16:20

ArmInfo. European states intend to deliver demarche to Armenia for its silence on Ukraine.

As it became known to ArmInfo from diplomatic sources familiar with  the situation. The heads of diplomatic representatives of the EU  countries accredited in Armenia today at 16:30 local time will visit  the Armenian Foreign Ministry and hand over a two-page demarche.  The  text of the demarche document, in particular, states:  "The Russian  attack on Ukraine is a breach of the UN Charter that is unprecedented  since its entry into force. We also condemn the involvement of  Belarus in this aggression against Ukraine and call on it to abide by  its international obligations.

UN Secretary-General Guterres has condemned this breach of the UN  Charter in clear words and asked Russia to stop the attack and  withdraw from Ukraine. He has made it clear that this is a global  crisis that affects every UN member state. He also qualified the use  of the term "peacekeeping" by Russia as a "perversion". And he has  clearly stated that there is no genocide in Eastern Ukraine.

On Monday, President Putin has justified Russian actions with  historical grievances dating back over 100 years, calling into  question the right of Ukraine to exist and the very identity of its  people. By unilaterally recognising the self-proclaimed "peoples'  republics" Russia has brought the joint diplomatic efforts of the  international community to an abrupt standstill.

Russia's decision to recognise as independent entities and send  Russian troops to certain areas of Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk  oblasts is illegal and unacceptable. It violates international law,  Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty and Russia's own  international commitments.

Russia has ignored multiple offers of a diplomatic way forward,  including through the Normandy format on the basis of the Minsk  Agreements unanimously endorsed by the UN Security Council. It has  ignored the repeated offers of good offices of the Secretary-General  and has now attacked Ukraine full-scale during an ongoing Security  Council meeting on 23 February 2022 and while the Secretary-General  was appealing to President Putin to maintain the peace.  This war of  President Putin's choosing shatters the foundations of the UN  Charter. No UN member state can be sure that its borders, its  existence would not be called into question tomorrow. Russia does not  even pretend to act within the Charter.

What we need now is a clear and unanimous condemnation of this attack  by all UN member states in order to isolate Russia in the light of  its military aggression. We need to stand by Ukraine and reiterate  our unwavering commitment to the territorial integrity and  sovereignty of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders,  and by the UN Charter.

There will be resolutions to this effect coming to the vote most  likely today in the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly.  Urge you to vote in favour of these resolutions and to lend to  Ukraine all your possible political and material support, including  in other UN fora such as Human Rights Council Ask you to not  recognise the self-proclaimed "people's republics" of Donetsk and  Luhansk and to publicly condemn this unilateral and isolated decision  made by Russia in your national statements as well as in  international organisations and alliances.

Should Russia try to install a puppet regime in Kyiv, the  international community must under no circumstances recognize its  legitimacy. A vassal state of Ukraine as a result of a military  attack, deprived of its sovereignty and fully controlled and  manipulated by Russia, must not be tolerated.  Russia's annexation of  the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol 2014 was  another act of violation of international law, an assault against  territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. We continue  pursuing the policy of non- recognition of this illegal act. We are  committed to upholding the sanctions and keeping the topic on the  international agenda."