Romania wants peace for Ukraine, but at the moment there is „an alarming level of hostilities”, the Foreign Affairs minister Bogdan Aurescu said on Thursday, at the special session of the UN General Assembly, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent to Agerpres.

„What we want, on the verge of marking one year since the beginning of the Russian Federation’s war of aggression against Ukraine, is simple: peace for the Ukrainian people, the victory of principles and values and a bloody conflict less in the world. But what’s still happening is very different. We continue to notice an alarming level of hostilities, without signs of mitigation, with unimaginable sufferings for the civilian population and drastic and long-lasting consequences,” the head of Romanian diplomacy said.

He pointed out that „the human rights situation and humanitarian consequences of the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine, including the ongoing attacks against its critical infrastructure, are particularly worrying.”

„No less cruel are the information about the atrocities committed on the territory of Ukraine, for which we must ensure that the guilty will be held accountable. This continuous aggression undermines the norms-based international order and effective multilateralism and remains a cause for concern for the international community,” Aurescu added.

Bogdan Aurescu said that „the hybrid war proliferated by Russia – intensified even more by false accusations, disinformation and malignant influence, aims not only to destabilize the region and the most vulnerable states – such as the Republic of Moldova, but also to undermine our unity, mutual trust and solidarity”.

The minister recalled that our country supports the establishment of a special court for the crime of aggression in relation to the situation in Ukraine. He also said that about 3.6 million Ukrainian citizens entered Romania, and of these over 110,000 remained in our country.

Bogdan Aurescu participated in the vote at the end of the debate and welcomed the adoption, with a large majority of votes (141 votes in favour, compared to 7 votes against), of the resolution „Principles that lead to a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine”, during the 11th Special Emergency Session, resumed, of the UN General Assembly (UNGA). Romania co-sponsored the resolution, together with all EU states and other countries (a total of 75 states).

Romania strongly condemned, in the national declaration presented before the vote, the war of aggression waged by the Russian Federation, a member state of the UN Security Council, against Ukraine.

Agerpres