EU, 48 states, including Georgia condemn North Korea’s transfer of missiles to Russia
The states urged all United Nations member states, including those on the UN Security Council, to join them in condemning the two states’ “flagrant” violations of resolutions of the Council. Photo: European Commission
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The European Union and 48 states, including Georgia, on Tuesday condemned “in the strongest possible terms” North Korea’s export and Russia’s procurement of North Korean ballistic missiles, as well as Russia’s use of these missiles against Ukraine.
The joint statement stressed that the transfer of these weapons was increasing the suffering of the Ukrainian people, was supporting Russia’s war of aggression, and was undermining the global non-proliferation regime.
We are deeply concerned about the security implications that this cooperation has in Europe, on the Korean Peninsula, across the Indo-Pacific region, and around the world”, the statement noted.
The states urged all United Nations member states, including those on the UN Security Council, to join them in condemning the two states’ “flagrant” violations of resolutions of the Council.
They further stressed they “stand together in support of Ukraine” in the backdrop of a series of ongoing Russian missile and drone attacks against the country.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Tuesday condemned Russia’s “unjustified” assaults on civilians and vital infrastructure in Ukraine.
The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to approve a resolution calling on Russia to “immediately, completely and unconditionally” withdraw all of its military forces from the Ukrainian territory, with Georgia among 141 countries voting in favour.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Saturday commemorated the victims of Holodomor, the Ukrainian famine that took place in Ukraine between 1932 and 1933 following agricultural policies introduced under Joseph Stalin's Soviet regime.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Thursday addressed the European Conference of Speakers of Parliaments in Dublin and said Georgia “has demonstrated solidarity with Ukraine not only in words, but also with strong political and diplomatic steps” amid Russia’s illegal military presence on the territory of Georgia.
Ilia Darchiashvili, the candidate for the position of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, on Wednesday said the Georgian Government would support Ukraine “now and in the future”.