Balkans: Politics and Government
Commons · Question 37162 · Tabled 11 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on (a) security and (b) regional stability in the western Balkans.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Doughty, 18 Mar 2025
A just and lasting peace is vital for Ukraine and for wider Euro-Atlantic and international security and prosperity. Russia has sought to undermine fragile democracies and fan ethnic tensions across the Western Balkans. This threatens hard-won peace and s...