In a joint statement to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Poland’s President Andrzej Duda, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron "reaffirmed their condemnation, in the strongest possible terms, of Russia’s unprovoked and brutal war of aggression against Ukraine."
They said the war "constitutes a manifest violation of the international order based on the UN Charter."
Poland, Germany and France together form what is known as the Weimar Triangle, a group they set up in the early 1990s.
'Unwavering solidarity with Ukraine'
"One year after the launch of Russia’s full-scale brutal war, the leaders of the Weimar Triangle express their unwavering solidarity with Ukraine and their unconditional support for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders and its inherent right of self–defence against the Russian aggression," the three leaders said.
They added: "The Weimar Triangle countries will continue to stand firmly with Ukraine and its people for as long as it takes."
They urged Russia "to unconditionally cease hostilities and withdraw its forces from the whole territory of Ukraine."
'There must be no impunity for war crimes'
The statement, released on Friday, also said that Poland, Germany and France "condemn Russia’s continued attacks on Ukrainian civilians and critical infrastructure as well as the forced deportations of Ukrainian civilians, and reiterate that there must be no impunity for war crimes and other atrocities."
They welcomed "the international community’s efforts to consider the establishment of an appropriate mechanism for the prosecution of the crime of aggression as well as the creation, in The Hague, of an international centre for the prosecution of the crime of aggression against Ukraine."
Friday marked exactly one year since Russia invaded Ukraine by land, air and sea, launching the largest military campaign in Europe since World War II.
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Source: PAP, president.pl
