Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos made the following statement shortly before departing for Budapest, where he will attend the Visegrad+3 Ministerial Meeting:
“We are monitoring the rapid developments in Ukraine very closely, in cooperation with EU High Representative Catherine Ashton. It is now more vital than ever that all the forces in Ukraine reflect on their historical responsibility for the adoption of consensus-based and democratic solutions that will ensure a return to normalcy and preserve their country’s national unity and territorial integrity.
We welcome the release of Yulia Tymoshenko and express the hope that this development will contribute to the return to normalcy and the restoration of rule of law. Everyone has to realize that the only real way out of the crisis is democratic dialogue, and not violence, retaliation or civil strife.”
February 23, 2014