General documents - EP resolution of 8 June 2022 on security in the Eastern Partnership area and the role of the common security and defence policy - Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee

The resolution was adopted by 490 votes in favour, 59 against and 38 abstentions.

The resolution:

• Condemns in the strongest possible terms Russia's unprovoked and unjustifiable war of aggression on Ukraine and its related actions in the non-government-controlled areas of Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions, in illegally annexed Crimea and in Belarus;
• Underlines that sustainable peace and human security in the EaP region is essential for the EU;
• Calls on Member States to increase the EPF's budget to enable the EU to strengthen the EaP countries' resilience and defence capabilities;
• Encourages the EU and its Member States to expand support mechanisms for the further participation of the EaP countries in CSDP civilian and military missions and operations;
• Calls for the transatlantic community to leverage and expand current and future efforts to counter Russia's direct and indirect acts of aggression and activities directed against Ukraine, Georgia and the Republic of Moldova;