On March 14, a meeting of the Prime Ministers of Lublin Triangle was held in Warsaw. The PMs of Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania issued a joint statement demanding that Russia immediately stop the war on Ukrainian territory.
The Joint Declaration by the Prime Ministers of the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Lithuania, and Ukraine was publishedon the Government Portal.
Thus, the leaders of the three countries deplored in the strongest terms Russia’s unprecedented, brutal, unprovoked military invasion against Ukraine.
“We consider this premeditated attack against a sovereign, peaceful and democratic state as a blatant violation of fundamental principles of international law,” the document states.
Politicians called for the immediate withdrawal of Russian forces and military equipment from the entire territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders, and returns all troops and equipment amassed at the Ukraine borders, including in Belarus, to their bases of permanent deployment. As well as they demanded that the Russian Federation immediately and unconditionally reverse the decision related to the status of certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine.
Representatives of the Lublin Triangle also condemned the indiscriminate use of Russia’s military force against civilians and civilian infrastructure, including schools, hospitals, and residential buildings, protected under international humanitarian law, and reckless and extremely dangerous attacks by Russian troops on nuclear power plants and nuclear facilities in Ukraine.
“Such attacks are unprecedented in world history and put the world at the brink of a nuclear catastrophe,” the document reads.
In addition, the declaration condemned the involvement of Belarus in this aggression against Ukraine and call on Minsk to abide by its international obligations. But at the same time, all three leaders consider that future democratic Belarus has its place among friendly European nations and that the Lublin Triangle remains open to their representatives.
“We Call upon Russian and Belarusian people to speak up and demand that their governments stop this raw military aggression against neighboring Ukraine,” they said.
Crimea was also mentioned in the declaration.
"We reiterate the non-recognition of the illegal annexation by the Russian Federation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol as well as non-recognition of the self-proclaimed „Donetsk and Luhansk People‘s Republics“ and underline our unwavering commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders," the statement reads.
The leaders emphasized that Ukraine belongs to the European family and should be offered status of a candidate country now, following its bid for accession to the European Union tabled by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and underscore the need for the EU’s independence from the energy resources imported from Russian Federation as soon as possible.
Separately, Poland and Lithuania express their joint, unwavering support to the democratically elected authorities of Ukraine and the people of Ukraine, who took up the arms in order to defend the sovereignty of their country and the values of the entire free world: liberty, democracy, respect of fundamental human rights as well as the human dignity.
To conclude, Poland, Lithuania, and Ukraine appeal to our partners to undertake extraordinary measures in order to coordinate response to the growing humanitarian crisis at the European level.
“As countries of the Lublin Triangle, we stand together, united by our joint heritage and common values, firmly rejecting yet another attempt of Russia, driven by its imperialistic inclinations, unacceptable in the 21st century, to force its will on a sovereign, peaceful and democratic country in the very heart of Europe by means of a military invasion,” the document reads.
Earlier, Apostrophe reported that the European Commission made a decision on Ukraine’s future in the European Union. Representatives of Slovakia, Poland, Lithuania and other countries expressed their desire to see our country in Europe.