Condemning and opposing the unprovoked invasion and egregious act of aggression against the sovereign state of Ukraine by the Russian Federation.

strongly condemns and opposes the unprovoked invasion and egregious act of aggression against the sovereign state of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, the most provocative and destabilizing act of foreign aggression since the 1938 invasion of the Sudetenland by the Third Reich led by Adolph Hitler;

supports the right of the people of Ukraine to freely determine their future, including their country’s relationship with other nations and international organizations, without interference, intimidation, or coercion by other countries;

is committed to promoting democratic values, transparent and accountable government institutions, and supports needed economic structural reforms in Ukraine, including in the fiscal, energy, pension, and banking sectors, among others;

calls upon and commends the Biden administration for assembling and working with an international coalition of the World’s leading nations to ensure that all nations refuse to recognize the illegal invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation and to ensure that the Russian Federation is held accountable and sustains maximum economic damage from the imposition of sanctions as a consequence of its utter disregard for international law and norms;

calls upon the Biden administration to ban all Russian airlines including Aeroflot, from entering the airspace of the United States or landing on its soil; and

calls upon and commends the Biden administration for honoring and abiding by the commitments undertaken by the United States pursuant to Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, signed at Washington, District of Columbia, on April 4, 1949, and entered into force on August 24, 1949.