Joint Statement of the Bucharest Nine Presidents Supported by Presidents of North Macedonia and Montenegro
We, the Presidents of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania and Slovakia condemn the mass bombardments of Ukrainian cities recently carried out by Russia, which constitute war crimes under international law.
We recall that war crimes and crimes against humanity are not subject to any statute of limitations and are covered by jurisdiction of courts all over the world.
On behalf of our states we demand that Russia immediately stop attacking civilian targets. We will not cease our efforts to bring to court persons responsible for today's crimes.
We find any threats by Russian representatives to use nuclear weapons unacceptable. In this context, we reaffirm our commitment to protect our countries and allies.
Rumen Radev
President of the Republic of Bulgaria
Miloš Zeman
President of the Czech Republic
Alar Karis
President of the Republic of Estonia
Katalin Novák
President of Hungary
Egils Levits
President of the Republic of Latvia
Gitanas Nausėda
President of the Republic of Lithuania
Stevo Pendarovski
President of the Republic of North Macedonia
Milo Đukanović
President of Montenegro
Andrzej Duda
President of the Republic of Poland
Klaus Iohannis
President of Romania
Zuzana Čaputová
President of the Slovak Republic