Invasion of Ukraine 'gross violation of international law': Singapore as it imposes sanctions against Russia
Singapore, March 5: Singapore on Saturday announced sanctions against Russia that include Russian banks and an export ban on electronics, computers, telecommunications and military goods.
Singapore Foreign Affairs further said that Russia's invasion of Ukraine contravenes the UN Charter and is a 'clear and gross violation of international law'.
"We will impose financial measures targeted at designated Russian banks, entities and activities in Russia and fund-raising activities benefiting the Russian government," according to the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement.
"We will impose export controls on items that can be directly used as weapons to inflict harm on or to subjugate the Ukrainians, as well as items that can contribute to offensive cyber operations. In this regard, we will impose a ban on the transfer to Russia of (a) all items in the Military Goods List and (b) all items in the "Electronics", "Computers", and "Telecommunications and Information Security" categories of the Dual-Use Goods List of the Strategic Goods (Control) Order 2021," the statement read.
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"We cannot accept the Russian government's violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of another sovereign state," it added, referring to Ukraine's sovereignty.
"For a small state like Singapore, this is not a theoretical principle, but a dangerous precedent. This is why Singapore has strongly condemned Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine," it added.
Three days after Moscow recognised Ukraine's breakaway regions - Donetsk and Luhansk - as independent entities, Russian soldiers launched military operations in Ukraine on February 24.
Ukraine is to hold the third round of negotiations with Russian officials to try to end the violence triggered by Moscow's invasion this weekend, according to one of Kiev's negotiators. The Ukraine-Russia war has been raging for over a week now.
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