Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The point I make is about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, for example. We are involved in KFOR, a NATO-mandated peace initiative. The European Union may be involved in conflict resolution, in line with the Seville Agreement. We have been involved in that regard as well, where people try to reach peace agreements. The UN itself has been supportive of regional approaches. For example, the African Union may want peacekeepers to keep the peace in certain conflicts on the African continent. Russia has been sending the Wagner Group to these places. Russia has been manipulating administrations all across the Sahel, promising security in return for coups d'état and so on, and the exploitation of minerals. Is Deputy Murphy really suggesting that Russia should have a veto on whether we participate in a peacekeeping mission?

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