Editor TLN
Sep. 1 () –
The Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelensky, celebrated this Wednesday the Twenty-seven pact to restrict visas for Russian tourists, and recalled that Europe is “a territory of values” and not “a large boutique or restaurant”.
“I thank those Europeans who understand that during a war, the duty of any normal person is to fight so that the aggressor loses, so that the occupation ends, so that the Russian military leave the Ukrainian land,” the Ukrainian president said in his daily message to the population of the country, thanking the countries of the Union for the agreement.
Zelenski has assured that it is humiliating when Europe is seen as “a great boutique or restaurant”: “Europe is above all a territory of values, not of primitive consumption”.
“When the citizens of a state that wants to destroy European values use Europe for their entertainment or shopping, for the recreation of their lovers, while they themselves work for the war or simply wait in silence for the immoral fall of Russia, what is happening right now, then this is completely contrary to what Europe was united by in general,” Ukraine’s president said.
Likewise, he pointed out that the initial purpose of the European Union was to support peace in the old continent, for which he pointed out that “Europe cannot become morally deaf”.
“Because if there is so much deafness, if there is so much loss of the ability to distinguish the smell of blood on banknotes, then there will be no Europe, there will not be a peaceful Europe,” Zelensky added.
The countries of the European Union have agreed this Wednesday to restrict visas for Russian tourists by suspending the visa facilitation agreement with Russia, which will mean a significant reduction in the number of permits for Russian citizens to enter the Union and more obstacles to obtaining them. .
As explained by the head of European diplomacy, with this step it will be “more difficult and will take longer” for Russian tourists to obtain visas and the number of permits issued will be reduced.
The suspension of the visa facilitation agreement with Russia has ended up being the meeting point between the Member States that called for a total ban on the entry of Russians into the European Union, such as the Balts, and those that claimed to be more selective.
