The Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian foreign affairs committees issued a joint statement from Birstonas, Lithuania, on Friday supporting Ukraine amid Russia’s full-scale invasion, and its membership in the EU and NATO.
“We call on the upcoming 2025 NATO Summit [at the end of June] in The Hague to take concrete political steps that would pave the way for Ukraine’s accession to the Alliance,” the statement reads.
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Ukraine’s victory over Russia’s aggression and Ukrainian membership in NATO would consolidate a just and lasting peace not only in Ukraine but also in all of Europe and help preserve the rules-based international order globally, it says.
The foreign affairs committees also said that Ukraine’s membership in NATO would provide a solid foundation for Euro-Atlantic security, particularly against the background of Russia’s full-scale war, which they called “a grave violation of international law, the Charter of the United Nations, and fundamental norms of international human rights.”
The statement’s five key commitments were:
- To support Ukraine until its full victory, including the liberation of all temporarily occupied territories, accountability for war crimes, and full implementation of international justice.
- To support Ukraine’s membership in the European Union, with the goal of concluding accession negotiations and welcoming Ukraine as a full member of the European Union by Jan. 1, 2030.
- To support Ukraine’s path towards NATO membership, in line with the decisions of the Bucharest (2008), Vilnius (2023), and Washington (2024) NATO Summits, which clearly affirmed that Ukraine’s future is in NATO. We call on the upcoming 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague to take concrete political steps that would pave the way for Ukraine’s accession to the Alliance.
- To welcome the growing practical defense cooperation between Ukraine and like-minded partners and to encourage an invitation for Ukraine to join the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) as a meaningful step towards deeper regional security integration;
- To continue diplomatic and political efforts to isolate russia [the name of the aggressor country was deliberately written with a lowercase letter – ed.] and its supporters in the war within international organizations, to expand and tighten sanctions regimes, and to ensure full legal and political accountability for the crimes committed against Ukraine.
The committees of the three countries also called on other parliaments, international institutions, and governments to support their statement.
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