Statement by H.E. Ambassador ISHIKANE Kimihiro, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations, at the United Nations Security Council Briefing, Agenda Item "Threats to International Peace and Security"

Madame President,
 
I thank ASG Miroslav Jenča and Ambassador Martin Sajdik, for their briefings.
 
I listened very carefully arguments on the Minsk Agreement. We need to learn lessons from what happened and what is happening to realize sustainable peace in accordance with international law.
 
However, no arguments can justify the aggression, nor should divert our attention from the reality. The reality is Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
 
It shakes the very foundation of the international order, which the world has built up over a long period of hard work and sacrifice.
 
Such a unilateral attempt to change the status quo by force undermines security in not only Europe but the entire world. So first and foremost, Russia should stop its war of aggression immediately.
 
I thank you.