MFA: Latin America and Oceania join opposition to Russia's pressure on Ukraine

While resisting Russia's blackmail and pressure, Ukraine has managed to create a global coalition of partners that share and defend crucial principles.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba said this at an online briefing on Tuesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

Kuleba noted that Ukraine's foreign policy team keeps constant contact with partners. In this context, he noted that he had recently held telephone talks with the foreign ministers of Turkey, Austria, Moldova, Brazil, New Zealand, the U.S. Secretary of State, the UN Secretary-General.

Ukraine’s top diplomat also drew attention to the fact that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which unites key Caribbean economies, supported Ukraine, made a separate statement on security crisis created by Russia, and called for a reduction in tensions.

"This global geography of contacts shows that Ukraine has really managed to create a global coalition of partners while countering Russian blackmail and pressure. What is happening in Ukraine is not just a Ukrainian or a European problem, it is even greater than a Euro-Atlantic problem – it’s about global security. That is why our partners from Latin America and Oceania respond to this problem and make efforts to solve it with the means at their disposal," Kuleba said.

The key thing is that Ukraine will never be abandoned in the struggle against the aggressor country, he added.

"We have created this coalition, it is alive and will act in defense of the principles upheld by Ukraine," he said.

On February 15, the Verkhovna Rada addressed the UN, the European Parliament, the PACE, the OSCE PA, the NATO PA, the BSEC PA, foreign governments and parliaments in connection with Russia's escalating security situation around Ukraine.

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