24 януари 2019

Джема Грозданова от името на ЕНП : Призовавам за незабавно освобождаване на украинските екипажи







На 24 януари 2019г. ПАСЕ проведе спешен дебат и прие резолюция относно ескалацията на напрежението около Азовско море и Керченския пролив и заплахата за европейската сигурност.

Докладчик по темата е германският депутат Андреас Ник (Група на ЕНП ).
Неговият доклад може да се види тук :

The escalation of tensions around the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait and threats to European security



Джема Грозданова беше упълномощена да изрази позицията на Групата на Европейската Народна Партия в началото на дебатите.




Нейното изказване може да се прочете по-долу:





Madam President,
Dear colleagues,

On behalf of the EPP Group, I would like to congratulate sincerely the Rapporteur Mr. Andreas Nick, as well as the Secretariat of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy for the promptly prepared Report and for the proposed Draft Resolution, which our group is backing firmly.
Last November I had the opportunity to visit Ukraine on a mission in my capacity as one of the two Rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee.
That is why I would like to start by saying that our Assembly without any ambiguity has always reiterated its support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders.    
 The attack on Ukrainian vessels by Russian forces in the Kerch Strait is in fact a direct clash between Russia and Ukraine, which is affecting European security as a whole, and which caused significant deterioration of the situation in and around the Black Sea.
  
I would like to underline strongly that this act of aggressive behavior is not only an unacceptable act done by one member-state of the Council of Europe, namely the Russian Federation, but it constitutes a clear violation of International law, as well as of the bilateral agreements signed and duly ratified by both Russia and Ukraine in 2003 and 2004.
 I also call for the immediate release of all the Ukrainian servicemen and to grant them the necessary legal and consular assistance. 
 The Russian authorities should provide appropriate medical care - without further delay, to the three Ukrainian servicemen, who have been wounded.
 Our position is that the Kerch Strait has to remain open for free navigation of all types of Ukrainian and Russian ships, and for the all merchant ships of third states as well.
  
To delay by three to six days the passage of the Kerch Strait due to a selective search of all Non-Russian ships is also totally unacceptable for us.
 It clearly violates maritime law and especially the UN Convention   on the Law of the Sea, to which both  Russia and Ukraine have been parties for over 20 years. 
  I call upon all the Council of Europe member-states, as members of our common European family, to contribute as much as they can, in order to calm down the tensions in this area and to prevent further escalation of the conflict.
 On behalf of the EPP Group, I would like to call upon the Russian authorities to respect international and bilateral pacts agreed to this end. 






 Цялата стенограма от дебатите може да се прочете тук:
http://assembly.coe.int/Documents/Records/2019/E/1901241000E.pdf

Видеозапис :

Дебатите на английски език :
https://vodmanager.coe.int/coe/webcast/coe/2019-01-24-1/en

Дебатите – на оригиналните езици на ораторите :
https://vodmanager.coe.int/coe/webcast/coe/2019-01-24-1/lang


 Текстът на приета резолюция, може да се проете тук:

Resolution  2259/2019The escalation of tensions around the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait and threats to European security
http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-XML2HTML-en.asp?fileid=25419&lang=en