ArmInfo. European states intend to deliver demarche to Armenia for its silence on Ukraine.
As it became known to ArmInfo from diplomatic sources familiar with the situation. The heads of diplomatic representatives of the EU countries accredited in Armenia today at 16:30 local time will visit the Armenian Foreign Ministry and hand over a two-page demarche. The text of the demarche document, in particular, states: "The Russian attack on Ukraine is a breach of the UN Charter that is unprecedented since its entry into force. We also condemn the involvement of Belarus in this aggression against Ukraine and call on it to abide by its international obligations.
UN Secretary-General Guterres has condemned this breach of the UN Charter in clear words and asked Russia to stop the attack and withdraw from Ukraine. He has made it clear that this is a global crisis that affects every UN member state. He also qualified the use of the term "peacekeeping" by Russia as a "perversion". And he has clearly stated that there is no genocide in Eastern Ukraine.
On Monday, President Putin has justified Russian actions with historical grievances dating back over 100 years, calling into question the right of Ukraine to exist and the very identity of its people. By unilaterally recognising the self-proclaimed "peoples' republics" Russia has brought the joint diplomatic efforts of the international community to an abrupt standstill.
Russia's decision to recognise as independent entities and send Russian troops to certain areas of Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts is illegal and unacceptable. It violates international law, Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty and Russia's own international commitments.
Russia has ignored multiple offers of a diplomatic way forward, including through the Normandy format on the basis of the Minsk Agreements unanimously endorsed by the UN Security Council. It has ignored the repeated offers of good offices of the Secretary-General and has now attacked Ukraine full-scale during an ongoing Security Council meeting on 23 February 2022 and while the Secretary-General was appealing to President Putin to maintain the peace. This war of President Putin's choosing shatters the foundations of the UN Charter. No UN member state can be sure that its borders, its existence would not be called into question tomorrow. Russia does not even pretend to act within the Charter.
What we need now is a clear and unanimous condemnation of this attack by all UN member states in order to isolate Russia in the light of its military aggression. We need to stand by Ukraine and reiterate our unwavering commitment to the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders, and by the UN Charter.
There will be resolutions to this effect coming to the vote most likely today in the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly. Urge you to vote in favour of these resolutions and to lend to Ukraine all your possible political and material support, including in other UN fora such as Human Rights Council Ask you to not recognise the self-proclaimed "people's republics" of Donetsk and Luhansk and to publicly condemn this unilateral and isolated decision made by Russia in your national statements as well as in international organisations and alliances.
Should Russia try to install a puppet regime in Kyiv, the international community must under no circumstances recognize its legitimacy. A vassal state of Ukraine as a result of a military attack, deprived of its sovereignty and fully controlled and manipulated by Russia, must not be tolerated. Russia's annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol 2014 was another act of violation of international law, an assault against territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. We continue pursuing the policy of non- recognition of this illegal act. We are committed to upholding the sanctions and keeping the topic on the international agenda."
