Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

Ukraine's Application for Membership of the European Union: Engagement with Ambassador of Ukraine.

H.E. Ms Larysa Gerasko:

Another issue is that we requested the seaports be closed a couple of weeks ago. Ireland closed its airspace to Russian airlines but not its seaports. The Irish Government said this could be a common decision within the EU. The problem is that we raised this issue two weeks ago and there is still no decision from the EU. It is the same with the expelling of Russian diplomats, or at least reducing the numbers of Russian diplomats in EU member states. Some EU member states took a decision to close their seaports and expel Russian diplomats without a joint or common decision. It is not only Slovakia. I do not remember them all but there is a list of countries that did this.

There are some companies here that continue to have trade and economic relationship with Russia. We have such a list and-----

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