Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

EU Response to the Humanitarian Situation in Ukraine: Engagement with Ambassador of Slovakia

H.E. Mr. Igor Pokojný:

The Ukraine–Russia negotiations are very difficult but we fully support them. No conflict or war can be resolved without negotiations. The European Union as a whole supports the negotiations. At the end of the day, any deal reached between Russia and Ukraine should be acceptable to Ukraine. President Zelenskyy already showed us there are some red lines that he is not willing to cross.

I am not part of the negotiations, but I heard Ukraine already admitted it will not be trying to apply to join the NATO alliance or any military organisation. We cannot discuss it right now because we do not know what is going on.

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