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President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday that Ukraine’s European allies have agreed on key principles that must form the basis of any “peace plan” for Ukraine.
This is stated in a release on the European Commission’s website.
According to von der Leyen, any credible and sustainable peace plan for Ukraine “must first and foremost stop the killing and put an end to the war, without sowing the seeds of a future conflict.”
She added that the first core element of such a plan must be the inadmissibility of changing borders by force.
“Second, as a sovereign state, Ukraine cannot have limitations on its armed forces that would leave the country vulnerable to future attacks and thereby undermine European security,” the head of the European Commission said.
According to the third principle mentioned by von der Leyen, “the central role of the European Union in ensuring peace in Ukraine must be fully reflected.”
“Ukraine must have the freedom and sovereign right to choose its own destiny. It has chosen a European future. This begins with rebuilding the country, integrating it into our single market and our defence industrial base, and ultimately with its accession to our Union,” she said.
Separately, the President of the European Commission stressed the need to “return every Ukrainian child abducted by Russia.”
“Of all the horrors caused by Russia’s war, none is as painful as this. Tens of thousands of boys and girls remain in captivity in Russia. They are frightened and miss their loved ones. We must put these children at the top of the global agenda,” von der Leyen added.
It was previously reported that representatives of leading European states would meet U.S. counterparts in Geneva as early as Sunday amid disagreement with parts of the “peace plan” drafted by Trump’s team regarding Russia’s war against Ukraine.
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