The head of the ADN party list in the European elections, Joana Amaral Dias, spoke out this Thursday against the visits of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to Portugal, Belgium and Spain, considering it a “depletion of resources.”
“What we saw yesterday, this tour, Zelensky to Belgium, Spain and Portugal, to get more weapons and also to deplete our resources, because we are also depleting Portuguese hospitals, Portuguese schools, etc. to add more fighters , more weapons… We say no to this,” said Joana Amaral Diaz.
Speaking to reporters at Igreja dos Anjos in Lisbon, where she was staying overnight to highlight the complexity of the immigration issue, the candidate said it was time to “de-escalate” the conflict and find a “negotiated solution.” solution”.
“Zelensky just recently again rejected the possibility of re-negotiations. Last week, Putin again said that he was ready for negotiations, and Zelensky closed the doors again. I think it’s time for us, in essence, to seek harmony,” he stressed.
Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a cooperation and security agreement on Tuesday, which stipulates that Portugal will provide Kyiv with military support of at least 126 million euros this year, including financial contributions and in kind.
Joana Amaral Díaz also said that Ukraine “will always need to be properly supported” if it joins the European Union (EU), and “funds and contributions from European citizens will be extremely costly.”
“In this particular situation, in military support, in the escalation of war that we are witnessing, we are frontally and radically opposed to it. We are facing a conflict involving four nuclear powers. If peace is not introduced, if diplomacy is not introduced, If dialogue and the negotiating table are not introduced, this conflict may become the final conflict. [Ursula] von der Leyen or Sebastian Bugallo, from Marta Temido to [Jens] Stoltenberg, as they want to push us, is absolutely irresponsible. It’s just the gun lobby growing,” he said.
The candidate added that “sanctions on the Russian economy have completely failed,” emphasizing that it “remains prosperous and full of vitality” and that “there are several tricks to get money into Russia through oil transactions.”
The Russian economy grew by 5.4% in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period in 2023, the Ministry of Economic Development said on April 27, revising growth forecasts for this year upward.
Gross domestic product (GDP) growth, which reached 4.8% in January and 7.6% in February, slowed to 4.2% in March, according to the ministry’s report.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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