UCC Calls upon Canada’s intervention in Russian attack on Georgia

“We are extremely troubled by Russia’s blatant aggression and unrestrained attempts to militarily assert its sphere of influence in the territories of the former Soviet Union”, stated Paul Grod, UCC’s National President. “It has become clear that the “peacekeeping” mission in Georgia established in 1992, and comprised of Russian, Georgian, and Ossetian forces, is no longer viable. We call upon the Government of Canada to leverage its respectable peacekeeping credentials and spearhead the formation of an international force to monitor the French-mediated ceasefire in Georgia and its territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.”

In its statement to the Prime Minister of Canada, the UCC expressed concern over Russia’s political and military backing of separatists in Georgia. It sets a dangerous precedent for Crimean Ukraine, where personnel with the Black Sea fleet have been encouraging the large Russian population in calling for unification with Moscow. Such activities, combined with provocative statements by leading Russian politicians challenging Ukrainian authority in the region threaten not only the stability of Ukraine but international security.

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