Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, claimed on Thursday that Vladimir Putin should encourage “regime change” in Russia, arguing that this would lead to further destabilization of Russia’s neighbors.
His remarks were made at a conference held by Finland to mark the 50th anniversary of the “Helsinki Final Act,” a treatise intended to boost cooperation between Cold War foes.
“I think Russia can be pressured to put a stop to this war,” he said. In an online address, Zelensky stated that it “started it” and that it can be “made to end it.”
Moscow will continue to try to destabilize neighboring countries even after the war is over, he added.
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Additionally, the head of state of Ukraine stated that it was necessary to use Russian-frozen assets to good effect.
“We need to completely defy Russia’s war machine,” Zelensky said, “We need to put every frozen Russian asset, including the stolen wealth of corruption, to work defending against Russian aggression.”
He continued, “It’s time to confiscate Russian assets, not just freeze them, and use them to advance peace, not war.”
Zelensky gave an address from a distance, despite being given an invitation to attend the Helsinki conference in person.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated last week that the country would participate but not send high-level representatives there.
The Helsinki Final Act was signed in Helsinki’s capital on August 1, 1975 by the Eastern and Western blocs.
The creation of the OSCE, which brings together 57 nations, was the result of a historic agreement between 35 nations, including the Soviet Union and the United States.
Borderless inviolability ,
State sovereignty, non-use of force, and, most importantly, the inviolability of borders are among the key tenets of the agreement.
The participating States will refrain from attacking these borders at the present and future time, according to the treaty’s text, “because they regard all one another’s frontiers as well as the borders of all States in Europe as inviolable.”
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, which has resulted in the most severe crisis in OSCE history, these commitments have been severely challenged.
Zelensky said on Thursday that one of Putin’s main ideas is that its borders should be where they are now, which is now popular in Russia.
Russia’s request to be exempt from the OSCE has been met with unsuccessful opposition.
However, Russian lawmakers earlier voted to forbid parliamentary assembly from the body because it was anti-Russian and discriminatory, despite the country being still listed as a member state on the organization’s official website.
After attracting around 1, 000 immigrants without visas, Finland closed its 1, 340-kilometer (830-mile) eastern border with Russia in mid-December 2023.
The Kremlin has refuted Helsinki’s claim that the surge was the result of Russian interference.
Source: Channels TV
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