Harmony not to participate in Saeima vote on statement labeling Russia a state supporting terrorism

• Published date: 03 August 2022
• Publication title: LETA

RIGA, Aug 3 (LETA) - Harmony "condemns Russia's invasion of Ukraine", but "due to several circumstances" it considers a statement labeling Russia a state supporting terrorism "provocative", therefore Harmony will not participate in Saeima's vote on the statement, the party informed LETA.

Russia's "missile attacks on civilian facilities, atrocities committed against peaceful residents are war crimes, for which those who give orders, those who carry them out as well as those who justify these crimes must be held accountable", said Harmony, emphasizing that there was no justification for war.

However, the party claims that the document has been prepared under the supervision of Saeima Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rihards Kols (National Alliance). "We believe that the circumstances of the war require a particularly responsible assessment of every political decision, including this statement, which is to be adopted at the next Saeima meeting. Does it have rational goals? Does it not expand the conflict zone, thus increasing tension, which is essentially in the interests of the...