Peace, yes, but in full respect of the territorial integrity of Ukraine. “Any peace plan that does not provide for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine is not a sustainable plan.” And as regards the embrace with the European Union, “we believe that it is not correct to name dates” on Ukraine’s entry into the European Union. It is a process of which we are aware, that between the pre-candidacy and becoming a member is a path, we are ready for this, but with this type of messages on dates it seems to close the doors, it seems a failure of what we have done so far, paying the price higher for this ».
Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova gave a lectio magistralis for the inauguration of the 2021/2023 two-year academic year of the Master in Journalism at the Luiss University of Rome.
Peace does not have to cost Ukraine territorial integrity
“Today we are talking about negotiations and I remind you that they started very early,” he said, and when the Russians “failed to achieve the initial objective, that is, control of the country in three days, they started negotiating.” But we understand that Russia does not want to continue the negotiations because otherwise they would not have attacked us. Today we are thinking of considering various peace resolutions, which must not cost the territorial integrity of my country, it is something that cannot be discussed. We are ready for any effort and we think that diplomatic efforts must go on, ”she added.
Putin is a tsar, in Russia 20 years of absolute power
Dzhaparova has no doubts. Russian leader Vladimir Putin «was a tsar for twenty years, but isolated. The circle around him is afraid to inform him “and” lives in a bubble, does not live in a normal life. He lives like Jupiter and the decision to attack my country is a consequence of these 20 years of absolute power, democracy is just an ornament “.
We must continue with sanctions and energy embargoes
What solutions to adopt? “We must continue with the sanctions and also with the energy embargo” on Russia, stressed the Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister. “The sanctions hit Russia,” she explained. “Since the war began, Russia has earned 63 billion euros in exports of fossil fuels, most of it from the European Union. Europe pays 700 million a day for energy. This is a huge amount of money, ”she said. “Even if we have a certain dependence, we have to think about diversifying”.