Fiji Labour Party Leader Mahendra Chaudhry says they have joined the world in strongly condemning the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine which is an outright assault on an independent and sovereign State.
Chaudhry has called for an immediate stop to the war.
He says there are alarming reports of Russia sending lethal weapons into Ukraine that are banned under the Geneva Convention where bombs and missiles fired by the Russian army are killing civilians and destroying homes, schools and other non-military institutions.
Chaudhry says Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that he had put his security forces on nuclear alert must be denounced in the strongest terms.
He says the world sees it as a “chilling” development.
Chaudhry says the invasion has created a humanitarian crisis of huge proportions displacing more than half a million Ukrainians fleeing their country to seek refuge in neighbouring States.
He says many more have moved to safety in underground metro stations, now being used as bunkers.
Chaudhry says the aggression must stop immediately.
He says they call on the Fijian government to join the rest of the world and publicly condemn this outright display of unrestrained might by a superpower.
Chaudhry says they call for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and a return to diplomacy and peaceful resolution of the crisis.
