Only a negotiated peaceful solution can end the violence in Ukraine

Von GUE-NGL (21.2.2014)

The GUE/NGL MEP meeting in Athens condemns this violence and calls on the Ukrainian government to put an end to it.

Gabi Zimmer said: “What is happening in Kiev concerns us all. We think that only a negotiated peaceful solution between all parties can bring about peace. We also condemn the extreme right-wing groups and parties within the protest movement that seek to escalate the violence.”

The MEPs appeal to all the governments and to the EU institutions to use all their diplomatic weight to work for a peaceful solution in Ukraine. We must listen to the Ukrainian people who are defying the tanks and armed police forces. It’s the Ukrainian people themselves who have the right to decide about their own future.

Spanish MEP Willy Meyer, GUE/NGL Coordinator on the European Parliament’s Fo­reign Affairs committee, said: “No external interference can be tolerated to solve the Ukrainian crisis.”