The Australian Parliament was addressed today by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, saying new and tougher sanctions against Russia are needed to increase pressure on Moscow to invade Ukraine. He added that the chronic failure to curb world power has frightened Moscow.
The Ukrainian president also said that Russia should be held accountable for past injustices, warning that a failure to punish Moscow could encourage other countries to declare war on their neighbors.
“If we do not stop Russia now, if it is not held responsible, then some other countries in the world that are looking forward to a similar war against their neighbors will decide that such things are possible for them as well,” Zelensky told a news conference. an official translation.
Sitting in his office and wearing the typical khaki T-shirt, the Ukrainian president did not specify which countries he fears will imitate Russia.
Australia and its Western allies have raised concerns about China’s increasingly aggressive rhetoric about Taiwan, whose independence is being challenged by Beijing.
“The fate of global security is being decided today. “No one can win … no one can save a part of the world from radioactivity (disaster) that would happen if nuclear weapons were used,” Zelenski said.
Australia has supplied Ukraine with defense equipment and humanitarian equipment, and has imposed a ban on exports of alumina and aluminum ores, including bauxite, to Russia.
It has imposed a total of 476 sanctions on 443 individuals, including businessmen close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and on 33 entities, including most of the Russian banking sector and all entities responsible for government debt. .
Australia today announced an additional 35% tariff on imports from Russia and Belarus, which Canberra said supported the invasion.
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