In an opinion piece published in The Australian yesterday, His Excellency Mr Vasyl Myroshnychenko outlines four key elements to a successful peace deal for Ukraine:
- Ukraine, its European neighbours and partners such as Australia, must be part of the negotiation process, and collectively hold the Kremlin to any peace deal. There have been around 200 rounds of negotiations with Russia post-2014; none given by the Kremlin has ever been fulfilled.
- The peace process must see the withdrawal of russian forces from occupied Ukrainian territory, and not condemn its people to a russian dictatorship.
- Ukraine must receive long-term security guarantees
- Australia should support the redirecting of frozen russian assets, including some held by Australian institutions, to help Ukraine rebuild and recover from Russia’s deliberate destruction of its educational, cultural and health facilities.
Mr Myroshnychenko urges Australia, as a champion of the UN Charter, “to stand with Ukraine at this critical juncture…when might is right, security risks increase across the globe and in the Indo-Pacific region.”
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