In a meeting with historians and representatives of traditional religions on November 4, Putin said that Poland “failed to get away with” the idea of ”absorbing Ukraine” and that “great, great regions” of Romania and of Hungary were “ripped off by force.” Russia, according to the Kremlin, could become a guarantor “Ukrainian state and sovereignty “. Text version of Putin’s speech published on the website of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation.
In turn, the Romanian Foreign Ministry affirmed this fully support Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
“The Foreign Ministry stresses that the aggressive war that Russia launched on February 24 is a gross and flagrant violation of the principles of international law, including the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine,” the report read.
Poland also responded to Putin’s statements. State Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office, Deputy Minister and Coordinator of Special Services Stanislav Zaryn called the words of the president of Russia “insinuations cut out of reality”whose purpose is to present Poland as an aggressive country that allegedly poses a threat to the western part of Ukraine.
Former Romanian Foreign Minister Andrei Marga said on September 14 that Ukraine’s borders are “unnatural”. According to him, Ukraine should give their territories: Transcarpathia – Hungary, Galicia – Poland, Bukovina – Romania and Donbass and Crimea – Russia. On September 17, in response to his words, the Romanian Foreign Ministry declared that since thenregrets that the former minister of a democratic European state makes statements that “question the fundamental principles of international law”.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis stressed this at a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on 20 September Romania has supported and will continue to support Ukraine.
