The sanctions is only part of the EU’s response to Russia, says EU High Representative Josep Borrell in a blog post entitled “Why we have to resist when authoritarian regimes try to redefine international rules”.
«Diplomatic efforts we will continue to stop one new outbreak of war in the heart of Europe. THE risk of a major collision it exists and we must prevent it at all costs. “In this way, we will continue to reach out to the United Nations and the OSCE to bring Russia back to the negotiating table.” At the same time, he referred to the Russia-China joint statement of 4 February on the new era in which international relations are entering, and on the sustainable development of the world, as noted by the post of the Russian presidency to which the High Representative refers, emphasizing that “it is an act contempt and its essence is clear. It is a revisionist manifesto, in other words, a manifesto of world order revision. “
Josep Borrell also refers to excerpts.
“Russia and China are resisting attempts by outside powers to undermine security and stability in their common neighborhood,” the statement said. The Charter of the United Nations begins with ‘We the peoples’ and Article 1 defines ‘the principle of equal rights and the self-determination of peoples’. But for Russia and China, the states are sovereign, not the people. “So they pledge to ‘compensate for the intervention of external forces in the internal affairs of sovereign countries and to oppose the color revolutions,'” he notes.
The High Representative adds that “the redefinition of democracy is another important part of their revisionist drive. They talk about ‘genuine democracy’. “The addition of characteristic adjectives reminds us of the Soviet era, when communist regimes spoke of the so-called ‘people’s democracy’, or ‘organic democracies’ in Franco’s Spain.”
“Authoritarian powers – and not just Russia and China – seek to relativize the concept of individual rights, making them subject to local and culturally restricted restrictions,” he said.
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