Today, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will be sent to Ukraine, Moldova and Slovakia, sanitary equipment but also basic items for hosting refugees, such as tents, blankets and raincoats, at the request of countries in the European Civil Protection Mechanism, to which the Hellasas stated by the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Christos Stylianidis on an ERT1 show. As the minister stressed, everyone’s goal is for this material to be able to enter its war zones Of Ukraine.
“The most important thing is to enter Ukraine as well. It is just as critical and perhaps even more important for people living in a state of war. I hope that today’s meeting, which is very difficult, will at least free up the possibility of humanitarian aid reaching where it is needed in war zones. I think that Europe is very mobilized in this case, the humanitarian aid that is being collected is of a very high standard, the question is how it will get there, especially inside Ukraine. There are problems with even basic necessities. From my previous experience as Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, even international humanitarian organizations and parts of the United Nations are currently unable to reach Ukraine due to the war situation. “If anything is to come out today, the meeting between the two sides is at least to release the possibility of humanitarian aid reaching those in need inside Ukraine in war zones.”
In addition, the minister said that voluntary teams of doctors have already been sent and are operating on the Ukrainian-Romanian border, adding that it is “an indication of how Greece treats the concept of solidarity of peoples.” He also made it clear that if volunteer organizations are asked to help, the ministry will try to talk to volunteers to go there to help.
“We will try, we will try with voluntary organizations that we have the opportunity to talk to, so that our volunteers can go there to help. At the moment because there are many voluntary organizations on the borders of Moldova, Romania, Slovakia and Poland that are assisting, there are UN Agencies from the United Nations, I think the most important thing is to send humanitarian aid and find ways for these people to have a home because the cold is very big “, underlined Mr. Stylianidis.
Regarding the countries’ response to the requests submitted through the European Civil Protection Mechanism, Mr. Stylianidis said that the European Mechanism was activated from the first moment. “I was in constant contact with my colleague, the current Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Mr. Lenarsic, who was in charge through the coordination center in Brussels so that we could transfer as much material as possible from all the European “countries to assist refugees either at the border or inside Ukraine.”
Regarding what is unfolding in recent days, Mr. Stylianidis said that this is perhaps the most serious crisis in Europe after World War II.
He also said that there is a serious possibility in the coming days, not months, around 5,000.0000 refugees will cross into European countries, Slovakia, Poland and Romania.
“The size is very large, we need a lot of forces to help, a lot of humanitarian material, the Commissioner for Immigration will already be in Poland right now and I think the money allocated by the European Commission is too big for that. “We also assist with our forces through the European Mechanism”, Mr. Stylianidis underlined, while adding that it is an absolute priority for everyone to assist with humanitarian aid.
“It’s an elementary human duty beyond all other political facts. Europe must show its solidarity with these people. Fortunately, Greece has clearly been on the right side of history, and alas if we made offsets or kept equal distances. “It’s liberating for our nation to stand by these people and on the right side of international law and the principles and values ​​of the free world.”
Asked if there are analogies with Attila 1 and 2 and the Turkish invasion, he said that they clearly exist. “It is a project that seeks to abolish the sovereignty and independence of a state, and it has many similarities with what happened in Cyprus in 1974. I remember I was a teenager, 15, 16 years old, I was born in the green line, we had an equally serious humanitarian problem from them “refugees coming from the occupied territories,” he said.
“It’s the biggest human duty to help refugees right now. “I am proud to be a European because I see that Europe is finally united, cohesive, running to help both politically and humanitarianly to alleviate the plight of the people living in this terrible crisis.”
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