Romania supports the territorial integrity of Ukraine

Romania will continue to support the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders, says Bucharest

Corina Cristea, 24.08.2023, 14:00

After
Russia’s withdrawal last month from an agreement allowing Ukraine to export its
agricultural production, which is crucial for the world food security, the
repeated Russian bombardments against Ukraine’s maritime and river ports have
led to the destruction of over 270 thousand tons of grain, authorities in Kyiv have
announced.

Only
the bombing of the Danube port of Ismail on Tuesday night for instance wiped
out 13 thousand tons of cereals, the Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure,
Oleksandr Kubrakov has said. Several grain terminals and private storehouses
have been destroyed along with parts of the transport infrastructure. I am
terrified by Russia’s ongoing attacks over the port of Ismail. The Russian
troops have been harming Ukrainian civilians and targeting the critical
infrastructure for the grain transport constantly and deliberately. These are
war crimes. Romania and the international community will bring to court all
those involved the head of the Romanian diplomacy, Luminita Odobescu, said on a
social network.

Bucharest
will continue to support Ukraine in its brave fight to completely recover its
territorial integrity says the Romanian official, who had an online
intervention on Wednesday during the third Summit of the Crimea International
Platform, which, according to the Ukrainian authorities, brought together
representatives of over 60 countries and international organizations. 18
months have passed since the onset of the invasion, Minister Odobescu went on
to say, but the Russian aggression didn’t start with the war it commenced on
February 24th 2022, but with the illegal annexation of the Crimean
Peninsula back in 2014 The latest reckless attacks against the Ukrainian
ports on the Danube, very close to the Romanian border, have again shown
Russia’s desire to step up this conflict Odobescu says. We will stand with the
Ukrainian people and its sovereign right to freely decide its future without
interventions from outside, the Romanian Minister went on to say. Donetsk is
Ukraine, Kherson is Ukraine, Luhansk is Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia is Ukraine,
Crimea is Ukraine.

Romania
will continue to support the independence, sovereignty and territorial
integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders Odobescu says
adding that Bucharest has stood with the neighboring country since the first
day of the war and will continue to do so until the ‘final victory’. The
Romanian official has also mentioned cases of human rights violation in the
Ukrainian territories occupied by the Russian forces, describing these actions
as war crimes.

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