General documents - Joint Statement on the continued EU support in the context of Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine - Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee

The EU-Ukraine PAC Bureau, joined by the EP's standing rapporteur on Ukraine and the Co-President of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, issue the following joint statement with regard to continued EU support in the context of Russia's unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine:

Strongly condemns Russia's illegal, unprovoked and unjustifiable war of aggression against Ukraine and calls for continued EU support for Ukraine's efforts to fully restore its sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders;

Strongly condemns the ongoing massive missile and drone attacks across Ukraine and the deliberate targeting of critical infrastructure, as well as civilian objects, including residential buildings, hospitals, schools, museums, kindergartens and post offices;

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Stresses the critical importance of the speed and consistency of weapons and ammunition delivery without self-imposed restriction on military assistance to Ukraine;

Welcomes the European Council conclusions that stress that the EU should urgently provide further air defence systems to Ukraine and speed up and intensify the delivery of all necessary military assistance, including artillery and missiles; notes, however, that this needs to be followed up by concrete new commitments and effective deliveries, in particular providing additional modern air defence systems (Patriot, Iris-T, NASAMS);

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Calls for a swift approval of the draft negotiating framework as put forward by the European Commission, paving the way for the First Intergovernmental Conference and the actual start of accession negotiations in June 2024 at the latest;

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Stresses both parliaments' continued commitment to underpinning the accession process by a robust parliamentary dimension, composed of continued political dialogue in the Parliamentary Association Committee, regular committee-to-committee exchanges, capacity-building and the implementation of the upgraded Memorandum of Understanding between the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the European Parliament on a joint framework for parliamentary democracy support;

For the full text of the Joint Statement, see the link to the PDF file below.