The European Parliament (EP) today called for a “total and direct” embargo on coal, oil and gas imports from Russia, with a resolution adopted by 513 votes to 22, with 19 abstentions.
These sanctions should be accompanied by a plan to secure the EU’s energy supply, as well as a strategy “to lift sanctions if Russia takes steps to restore Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity”. “It is withdrawing its troops from the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders,” the EP resolution said.
The EP calls on European leaders to exclude Russia from the G20 and other multilateral bodies, such as the United Nations Human Rights Council, Interpol, the World Trade Organization, UNESCO and others, “which would be an important indication that the international community will not return to the trampled state “.
In addition, the EP calls for the exclusion of Russian banks from the SWIFT system, a ban on all Russian vessels entering European territorial waters and access to EU ports, and a ban on road freight to and from Russia, and Belarus. MEPs also demanded the seizure of “all assets belonging to Russian officials or oligarchs affiliated with the Putin regime, its representatives or straw men, as well as those linked to the Lukashenko regime in Belarus.”
MEPs condemn the atrocities committed by Russian troops in Ukraine, and in particular in Bhutan, “which are unequivocally tantamount to war crimes”, as they have completely or almost completely destroyed Mariupol, Volnovaka and other towns and villages. They emphasize that those who commit war crimes must be held accountable and to this end call for the establishment of a special UN tribunal for crimes in Ukraine.
Parliament reiterates that arms deliveries to Ukraine must be continued and intensified and supports further defense assistance to the Ukrainian armed forces individually by the EU Member States and collectively through the European Peace Facility.
Noting that almost 6.5 million Ukrainians have been internally displaced and more than 4 million have fled the country due to the war, MEPs are calling for safe humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians from the bombings and strengthen humanitarian aid networks. of the EU in Ukraine.
Finally, the EP condemns the Russian rhetoric about a possible use of weapons of mass destruction and stresses that any such development would have very serious consequences.
Source: AMPE
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