M. Varvitsiotis: War crimes committed in Ukraine must be investigated

The need to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Ukraine was stressed by Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, arriving today at the EU General Affairs Council in Brussels.

At the same time, the Deputy Minister described the issue of high energy prices as the biggest collateral loss of the war in Ukraine that affects all European citizens, who are faced with inflation and lack of energy sources after the decision of Europe to cut off the Russian natural gas. For this reason, he noted, we must consider both the measures to reduce prices – in the context of the initiatives taken by the Prime Minister to date – and the search for alternative energy sources. He made special reference to the collective LNG market from third countries, to the exploitation of the deposits located in the Southeastern Mediterranean and to their interconnection with Europe.

On the issue of the food crisis, which will also be on the Council’s agenda, Mr Varvitsiotis emphasized that Europe was safe and adequate for food. “However, this does not mean that we can not see a dramatic increase in their prices due to inflationary pressures. That is why we want to jointly design European policies, so that the European citizen is not disproportionately burdened,” he concluded.