A group of Democratic lawmakers, including four senators and a member of the House of Representatives, will travel to Poland, India, Germany and the United Arab Emirates on a nine-day trip to garner support for Ukraine.
Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) Announced the trip in an email Sunday night, but said further details of the schedule could not be released due to security concerns.
Other senators traveling with Kelly include Kirsten Gillibrand (DN.Y.), Corey Booker (DN.J.), Ed Markie (D-MA), along with representative Monder Jones (DN.Y.), a lone member member .
“This strong congressional delegation will have the opportunity to meet with US military leadership and troops in Poland to learn how the United States can continue to support Ukraine and our NATO allies against Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war,” the joint statement said. statement of the deputies. .
“In addition, the delegation will meet with a number of key foreign leaders in Poland, the UAE, India, Nepal and Germany to strengthen ties during this period of heightened global tensions.
Apart from Poland, the main countries on the route are characterized by a lack of co-operation with US-led efforts to isolate Russia, as its war against Ukraine has continued for the past 50 days.
India, the world’s largest democracy, continued to import Russian oil and remained neutral in the UN vote on human rights atrocities committed in Ukraine.
The oil-rich Gulf countries have opposed calls from the United States to increase oil supplies to the world market to cut prices, which have risen amid efforts to sanction and curb Russian oil and gas exports.
And Germany has opposed opposition to calls from the United States and other countries in Europe to further shrink Russia’s military crates by cutting off Russia’s $ 1 billion a day global oil and gas imports.
Germany continues to rely on Russian natural gas supplies through the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, and its senior officials have warned that shutting down the tap is not an option for Europe’s most populous country.
Poland, due to its geographical proximity to Ukraine, has been a key part of the international response, working with non-profit organizations to house and feed the vast majority of the millions of refugees who have fled Ukraine since the start of the war.
During a trip to Poland last month, President Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin could not stay in power, a comment the White House quickly sought to return.
He also pledged to accept 100,000 Ukrainian refugees and called for an agreement with EU leaders to begin diverting the region from Russian energy.
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Nepal is one of the few Asian countries to have condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, deviating from its policy of international neutrality.
The group is the last of a number of US congressional delegations to travel mainly to Europe since the start of the war.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers, led by House of Representatives minority leader Kevin McCarthy (California), visited Poland earlier this month.
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