Ukraine war hampers Baltic security long-term - Council of the Baltic Sea States

Published date25 May 2022
Publication titleLETA

OSLO, May 25 (LETA-- FP) - Russia's invasion of Ukraine will have a "long-term negative impact" on security around the Baltic Sea, the Council of the Baltic Sea States said Wednesday.

"The Russian aggression is entirely incompatible with the cooperative model of international relations in the Baltic Sea Region, has a long-term negative impact on regional security, and is contrary to the rules-based international order," the foreign ministers of the council's member states said in a joint statement.

Foreign ministers of countries in the Council of the Baltic Sea States made the joint statement at their first meeting in nine years.

The organization last met in 2013 as meetings were suspended after Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014. Russia did not participate in this week's meeting as its membership in the council was suspended on March 3 and on May 17 Russia withdrew from the organization.

"The Council's relations with Russia and Belarus will remain severed until cooperation under the fundamental principles of international law has become possible again," the foreign ministers added.

The heads...

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