TOP 09 President: Russia must not be rewarded for its unprovoked aggression with Ukrainian territory

Markéta Pekarová Adamová, Chairwoman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Prague.

"The President appreciated the support his country is receiving from us. In fact, we should thank our Ukrainian allies every day. For it is only thanks to their incredible commitment and dedication that they have been able to keep the gunmen of the unscrupulous dictator Putin from advancing further west and thus further from our country's borders," said Markéta Pekarová Adamová, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies.

The two leaders also discussed the current situation and prospects of Ukraine in the current dynamically changing geopolitical context.

"We do not and will never consider the occupied Ukrainian territories, including Crimea, as part of the Russian Federation. Ukrainians alone have the right to decide their future and geopolitical direction. Russia must not be rewarded for its unprovoked aggression with Ukrainian territorial concessions - such a course of action would mean the end of the international order as we know it. Therefore, our vital interest and long-term goal remains the achievement of a just and lasting peace," said House Speaker Markéta Pekarová Adamová after the meeting.

The House delegation also included all the Vice-Presidents of the Lower House and the Chairman of the Committee on Security Pavel Žáček.

The Chamber of Deputies has already adopted several resolutions in support of Ukraine (including on the first day of the war, the designation of the Ukrainian famine as genocide and the designation of the Russian regime as terrorist). Czech-Ukrainian inter-parliamentary cooperation also takes place within the framework of the Crimean Platform, whose second parliamentary summit was held in Prague last autumn on the initiative of the President.