30/01/2025 Session
At a critical juncture in a rapidly evolving geopolitical environment, Europe must show unwavering commitment and unity to support a “just and lasting” peace in Ukraine, PACE has said.
Approving a resolution based on a report by Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (Finland, SOC), the Assembly said that any peace negotiations must involve Ukraine and respect its right to determine its own future.
The outcome of the war against Ukraine “will strongly impact the future of European and global security,” PACE pointed out, adding that political, economic and military support from Council of Europe member states, as well as international partners, was essential “to strengthen Ukraine’s position in any future peace negotiations”.
Any settlement “must uphold the principles of international law, including the right to national sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as the right of the victim of aggression to full reparation or compensation for the damage caused,” the parliamentarians added.
Meanwhile, negotiations on establishing a special tribunal to prosecute Russian and Belarusian leaders for the crime of aggression should be finalised, frozen Russian State assets transferred to fund compensation, and a reconstruction plan initiated.