Liberia calls for lasting ceasefire in Ukraine
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on The Liberian Investigator
Liberian ambassador Lewis G. Brown II called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and lasting humanitarian cooperation between the parties. He called for evacuations, civilian aid and prisoner exchanges to be made permanent after a temporary six-day truce, according to his address to the Security Council.
Liberia called on Monday for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine leading to lasting peace and asked for humanitarian cooperation between Russia and Ukraine to become regular, during a meeting of the UN Security Council. Ambassador Lewis G. Brown II, Liberia's permanent representative to the UN, reaffirmed his country's support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Brown called for future arrangements to allow safe and voluntary evacuations, assistance for civilians on both sides of the front line, as well as further exchanges of prisoners of war and civilians held illegally. He also called for respect for international humanitarian law and full access for the International Committee of the Red Cross to prisoners of war.
The humanitarian cooperation mentioned by the diplomat follows a temporary six-day ceasefire in the city of Olechky, in southern Ukraine, which enabled aid to be delivered and hundreds of residents to be evacuated. A meeting between Russian and Ukrainian officials organised at the White House on 5 November by Melania Trump had marked the arrangement, according to media cited by The Liberian Investigator.
