European Commission, Press release, Brussels, 11 August 2014:
President Barroso made separate
telephone calls today to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and
Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the situation in Ukraine.
In both phone calls, President
Barroso expressed the EU’s increasing concern regarding the humanitarian
impact of the on-going conflict in eastern Ukraine, especially the
civilian casualties. President Barroso called for the respect of
international humanitarian law and for humanitarian organisations to be
supported and facilitated in their present efforts to increase the
assistance to all of the population in need.
Speaking with President
Poroshenko, President Barroso emphasised the EU’s readiness to increase
its support to the Ukrainian government-led humanitarian response
efforts as well as to international humanitarian organisations. The
President of the Commission welcomed President's Poroshenko willingness
to seek international humanitarian assistance. In this vein President
Barroso announced that the European Commission would take this week an
emergency Decision on additional humanitarian support as a contribution
to the UN-led international response plan.
President Barroso also stressed
the importance of the on-going reform process in Ukraine in view of the
expected provisional application of the EU-Ukraine Association
Agreement.
Speaking with President Putin,
President Barroso said that the EU would join in international efforts
to assist people in need as a result of the conflict. President Barroso
expressed concern at the gathering of Russian troops near the Ukrainian
border, as well as the continuing flow of arms, equipment and militants
from Russian territory, which run counter to efforts towards
de-escalating the crisis. President Barroso warned against any
unilateral military actions in Ukraine, under any pretext, including
humanitarian. President Barroso also appealed on Russia to use its
influence to ensure that civilian populations could safely and freely
leave areas of conflict controlled by illegal armed groups.
In both phone conversations,
President Barroso underlined the EU’s firm stance in upholding Ukraine’s
sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence and support for the
implementation of the agreed peace plan.
Recalling that the EU’s
restrictive measures against the Russian Federation were linked to the
illegal annexation of Crimea and destabilisation of Ukraine, President
Barroso underlined the EU’s regret at Russia’s announcement of measures
targeting food and agricultural imports, for which there was no
justification, reserving the EU’s right to take action as appropriate.
In this context the President of
the Commission and the President of Russia agreed on the need to keep
the channels of communication open on matters of relevance, namely on
the economic and energy fields, as well as on the overall bilateral
relations.
President Barroso offered once
again to President Putin the possibility to work together in support of
stabilising Ukraine, including through the national dialogue on
constitutional reform and decentralisation.
President Barroso also addressed
in both phone calls the active role of the Commission in helping
Ukraine and the Russian Federation to identify solutions to questions
raised in the on-going consultations on the impact of the EU-Ukraine
Association Agreement including a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade
Area, as well as regarding gas supply in forthcoming energy-related
discussions.
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-921_en.htm?locale=en
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