PM Robert Abela lambasts Russia for unilaterally breaking promises

Prime Minister Robert Abela attended, and addressed the 4th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe in Reykjavik (Iceland)

He said that 74 years after the most devastating war on its continent, Europe is facing a brutal war initiated by a former member state of the ‘common European home’

He said that it is a promise broken unilaterally by Russia through its illegal, unjustified, and unprovoked acts of aggression against Ukraine, whose people have been under direct attack and at the receiving end of the most serious crimes under international law

Therefore it was not only fitting but necessary that the Summit united for Ukraine seeks solutions for what he described “this horrific crisis, “reunited around our shared values which forged this Organisation, and recommit to the pursuit of peace based upon justice and international cooperation”

He said there could be no peace without justice and no justice without accountability; that is why they needed to continue supporting Ukraine for as long as it takes to ensure that all those responsible are held accountable and the Victims’ rights to truth, justice and reparations are realised

Prime Minister Abela said that concurrently with this major crisis, the European continent is faced with other situations for which they needed to unite and summon their political will to address them

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