Roberta METSOLA, EP President, gives her opening remarks on the beheaded Ukrainian prisoner. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

statement

Strasbourg

plenary session

EU - Russia (T)

METSOLA, Roberta (EPP, MT, EP President)

president's agenda

Resumption of session and order of business: introductory remark by Roberta METSOLA, EP President on the respect of the Geneva Convention for war prisoners

SOUNDBITE (English), Roberta METSOLA, EP President, The legal invasion of Ukraine by Russia continues. And here it does remind everyone that Russia has an obligation to ensure that prisoners of war are treated humanely and in all circumstances, in accordance with the Geneva Convention and all perpetrators of war crimes will be brought to justice. This world will not forget the brutality that this invasion has brought to. They are colleagues also.