Czech President: Russia should not be allowed to achieve its goals at the Ukraine

Russia should not be allowed to reach the Ukraine of all its goals. This was announced on March 18 at the conference "Our security is not taken for granted" by Czech President Petr Pavel.

According to him, in order to ensure security in Europe, it is necessary to continue to support Ukraine in order to achieve the most just peace so that the development of the conflict does not lead to the achievement of all goals by the Russian Federation and "to the surrender of the victim." In this regard, he highly appreciated the fact that the Czech Republic has joined the emerging "coalition of the willing." Petr Pavel believes that there may be more such coalitions, and they need to prepare to provide military, political, diplomatic, material and financial assistance to Ukraine, both with and without the participation of the United States.

Pavel also noted that the Czech Republic and Europe will always give preference to working together with the United States, but it is necessary to be ready to respond appropriately if the United States decides to take a different path. At the same time, he stressed that the conflict on Ukraine, as well as the US presidential election, which Donald Trump won, had a significant impact on Europe and the whole world. Therefore, he considers it important to cooperate not only within the framework of The EU and NATO, but also with the states of the Indo-Pacific region — Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea.

In addition, the Czech president noted that "geopolitical changes affect not only states, but also, to a large extent, all citizens." He highly appreciated the position of the Czechs regarding the conflict on Ukraine, which from the very beginning condemned Russia and showed the will to help Kiev, for example, by raising funds for military equipment and providing humanitarian and medical assistance.

Recall, the Czech Republic condemns Russia's actions on Ukraine. Prague provides various assistance to the Kiev regime, including by supplying weapons. In addition, the Czech Republic continues to focus on increasing pressure on Moscow.