“I’d like to join the numerous judgments concerning detention of Nadiya Savchenko”, Turner wrote. Noting that he fully shares Ukraine’s outrage about the pilot’s detention and deteriorating health, he continued: “Sadly to this day, Russia has failed to implement this and almost all other conditions set forth in the agreement” (nato-pa.int).
Following the EU’s decision last week to extend existing sanctions against Russia, the Assembly President stressed the importance for NATO governments and parliaments to maintain a firm line. The NATO PA will “remain firm in our condemnation of Russia’s aggression and its illegal occupation of parts of Ukraine’s sovereign territory”, Turner assured Klimkin.
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