Addressing the Support Ukraine summit via video link from Dublin, Mr Martin said Ukraine’s defence of its sovereignty is “so important” for small nations across the world and the protection of the rules-based international order.
Speaking to reporters in Brussels, Mr Harris said: “Ireland can’t come to these meetings or other meetings and talk about standing with Ukraine and talk about peace and then recuse itself from conversations around what happens when a war ends.”.
Mr Harris said: “By making the changes proposed, we would be removing the veto power of Security Council members over Ireland’s international engagement, while safeguarding the essential link with international law and good governance.
The Defence Bill will set out a proposal to remove a veto held by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council – the US, Russia, China, France and the UK – over the deployment of Irish peacekeepers abroad, in the event where it has been approved by the Irish Government and the Irish Parliament’s lower house.
Concluding his remarks, Mr Martin said: “I think it’s very important also that we remember that Russia has not achieved the objectives that it set itself when it illegally invaded Ukraine three years ago.
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