Soyinka, Other Nobel Laureates Demand Russia To Withdraw From Ukraine

Nigerian Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, and 164 others have in an open letter called on Russia to stop its invasion of Ukraine and withdraw its military forces. DAILY NIGERIAN reports.

“We gather in this appeal to call upon the Russian government to stop its invasion of Ukraine and withdraw its military forces from Ukraine,” the laureates said in the letter published in The Economist magazine Thursday. Information Guide Nigeria

Frowning at the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops, the group said there are peaceful ways to resolve disputes.

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“We join in condemning these military actions and President Putin’s essential denial of the legitimacy of Ukraine’s existence”. jamb results

“There is always a peaceful way to resolve dispute,” the laureates said, adding that “the Russian invasion blatantly violates the United Nations Charter, which says “All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.” It ignores the Budapest Memorandum of 1994, which obligated Russia and others to respect the sovereignty, independence, and existing borders of Ukraine.”

The Nobel Laureates noted that the death of soldiers and civilians, including children, is “so sad, so unnecessary.”

They said Mr Putin’s ‘unprovoked military aggression’ against Ukraine recalls the infamous attack of Nazi Germany on Poland in 1939 (using similar tricks of feigned provocation) and on the Soviet Union in 1941, the government of the Russian Federation.

“We choose our words carefully here, for we do not believe the Russian people have a role in this aggression,” the authors said, noting that “the Russian invasion will stain the international reputation of the Russian state for decades to come.”

“It will pose barriers to its economy and inflict hardships on its population. The sanctions imposed will restrict the ease of movement of its talented and hardworking people in the world,” they said.

“Why raise this fence between Russia and the world now?” they asked.

Acknowledging Russia’s security concerns, the laureates said it can be addressed within the framework of the UN Charter, the 1975 Helsinki Final Act, and the 1990 Paris Charter.

However, “to make war, as President Putin and his collaborators have done, is an unwarranted, bloody, and unproductive way to a future.”

“We respect the calm and the strength of the Ukrainian people. We are with you. Our hearts go out to the families and friends of all, Ukrainians and Russians, who have died and been injured already. May peace come to this piece of our beautiful world,” they oncluded.