Incoming European Council President Antonio Costa delivered his first speech at the handover ceremony in Brussels, calling for a just peace for Ukraine based on international law, stating peace cannot mean capitulation or reward the aggressor.

Thirty-three months - one thousand and ten days into Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine, we are all yearning for peace. Especially the embattled and heroic Ukrainian people. But peace cannot mean the peace of a graveyard. Peace cannot mean capitulation. Peace must not reward the aggressor. Peace in Ukraine must be just; it must be lasting and it must be based on international law.

This aggression against Ukraine is taking place on European soil, but at stake are the universal principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter: peoples' right to self-determination, nations' right to choose their own future, and respect for territorial integrity and state borders.

We must write a new chapter of the European Union as a peace project. By becoming stronger, more efficient, more resilient, and yes, more autonomous in security and defense. Always working for a strong transatlantic partnership.

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