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Eminé Dzhaparova, the Ukrainian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, addressed the Chamber of Deputies in Luxembourg this week, pleading for further support for Ukraine and stressing the country's desire for membership of the EU.
91 per cent of the Ukrainian population is in favour of EU candidacy and many believe it is the only way to escape the Russian regime.
Dzhaparova said that EU candidacy is the reason why Ukrainians are still resisting. They are fighting not only for Ukraine, but also to defend European values.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky himself also addressed the Chamber and the government via video conference on Thursday. He thanked the Chamber for Luxembourg's support and reiterated that his country needed more weapons to fight Russian troops.
In the Chamber, Dzhaparova thanked Prime Minister Bettel for Luxembourg's support of Ukraine's military and its European ambitions. Dzhaparova ended on the note that she would return home feeling enormously supported by Luxembourg.
Dzhaparova also met with François Bausch to discuss the military support already provided, the current needs of the Ukrainian armed forces and the planned transfer of equipment by the Luxembourg Defence.
In a further meeting with Jean Asselborn, the humanitarian crisis taking place in Ukraine was addressed. Dzhaparova raised the genocide-like actions of the Russians, as well as the famines, imprisonments, and deportations, which remind her of Stalinism.
Asselborn assured Dzhaparova of Luxembourg's support for international justice and for bringing to justice those responsible for violations of international humanitarian law. He also stressed that Luxembourg continues to receive Ukrainian refugees, having granted 4,000 refugees a temporary protection status.
It has now been over 100 days since Russia attacked Ukraine - 100 days of horror, Dzhaparova underlined.
