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‘For peace and a just solution to the conflict in Ukraine’
The Communist Party of Ireland, the Communist Party of Britain and the Tudeh Party of Iran have produced a joint declaration outlining what Russia, the EU, Nato and the United States must do to end the war in Ukraine
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WE the undersigned political parties welcome the statement of the World Peace Council of February 25 2022, which:
• Calls on all sides to the Russia-Ukraine conflict to restore and secure peace and international security through constructive political dialogue, noting that the Russian and Ukrainian people, as well as the peoples of the region, have nothing to gain from this military conflict.
• Condemns the political and military manoeuvres of the US, Nato and the EU since the Euromaidan coup of 2014 after which reactionary forces took power in Kiev with the open support of the Western imperialist powers.
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