All Russia's attempts to use the coronavirus pandemic as a pretext for lifting sanctions remain Moscow's unfulfilled political ambitions - Mykola Tochytskyi
03 April 2020 20:04
Ukraine continues to work at all levels with European Union institutions and representatives of the Member States in Brussels to prevent the coronavirus pandemic to be used as a pretext for lifting sanctions on Russia, - Representative of Ukraine to the EU Mykola Tochytskyi.
On Friday, in a comment to Interfax-Ukraine, he underlined that it was on the initiative of the Ukraine's mission to the EU that 19 members of the European Parliament sent a joint letter to the President of the European Commission, President of the European Council and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, in which they asked not to lift sanctions on Russia under the pretext of fighting the Covid-19 pandemic.
"At the moment, I can say with confidence that all Russia's attempts to use the coronavirus pandemic as a pretext for lifting sanctions remain Moscow's unfulfilled political ambitions. Our European partners have a clear understanding that sanctions have been imposed because of Russia's aggression against Ukraine, and therefore their removal is possible only after the cessation of Russia's aggressive policy and restoration of Ukraine's territorial integrity" - stressed Tochytskyi.
He added that Ukrainian diplomacy continues to work closely with friends and partners in the European Parliament and other European institutions in order to strengthen Ukraine's political and public support.
