The Chair of the Committee on Ukraine’s Integration into the EU took part in the spring session of the NATO PA

Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, as a member of the Ukraine-NATO Interparliamentary Council, took part in the Parliamentary Assembly session of the alliance in Luxembourg. With the other members of the parliamentary delegation of Ukraine, she worked in the committees, providing comments and suggestions to reports.

Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze participated in the meeting of the Committee on Security and Defence and on Economy and Security of the NATO PA. She took part in discussions related to the energy security of Ukraine, as well as the further development of sanctions pressure on Russia. Also, the Chair of the Committee met with the delegation of the American Congress, the Minister of Defence, the Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg, the Minister of Justice and Culture of Luxembourg, as well as the President of the NATO PA.

“We take this opportunity to thank all our partners for their help. We also try to influence the readiness for consensus in order to take our relations with the alliance to the next level and make a respective decision at the Vilnius NATO summit,” said Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze. According to her, it is impossible to imagine long-lasting peace in Europe without Ukraine's membership in the Alliance. “I often repeat that we have high hopes for our Armed Forces, which have demonstrated incredible heroism and effectiveness. However, we also warn our partners against excessive expectations related to announced counteroffensive and insist on the need to continue effective and joint provision of weapons in order to achieve Ukraine's victory in this war,” the Chair of the Committee emphasised.

The Ukrainian deputies thanked the American delegation for the role of the congressmen in a decision on the readiness to create an aviation coalition and for the start of training Ukrainian pilots on fifth-generation F-16 fighters. This is another step towards the real protection of the Ukrainian people and strengthening the effectiveness of the Armed Forces for the liberation of further territories. Ukrainian deputies noted that the latest weapons already provided by the partners, in particular the Patriot systems, are used extremely efficiently. The Ukrainian military mastered these weapons skilfully and quickly.

“Everywhere we insist that without punishing Russia it is difficult to imagine a peaceful future after the end of this war. We also explain why the Special Tribunal is needed to punish Russia for the crime of aggression,” said Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze. But the focus of the Ukrainian delegation at the spring session of the NATO PA was preparation for a more ambitious political decision regarding relations between Ukraine and the Alliance at the Vilnius Summit. “This is not an easy path, and at the moment it is still impossible to talk about a general consensus regarding the invitation of Ukraine to NATO in Vilnius,” noted Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze. Therefore, it is essential to continue this work at all possible levels.