Brussels, 20 March 2023
The Council approved conclusions setting out the EU priorities at the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in difficult times marked by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
By launching and continuing its unprovoked, unjustified and illegal war of aggression against
Ukraine, with the complicity of Belarus, Russia flouted the core norms, principles and
commitments on which European security is built. These principles are enshrined in the UN
Charter and the founding documents of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in
Europe (OSCE), including the Helsinki Final Act and the Charter of Paris. Although Russia
has been trying to subvert them for years, including in Georgia in 2008 and in Ukraine in
2014, these principles are neither negotiable nor subject to revision or re-interpretation.
Ukraine’s security is Europe’s security. The European Union will stand unequivocally with
Ukraine and its people for as long as it takes.
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Source – EU Council