Chairs of foreign affairs committees of seven EU parliaments have issued a joint statement on the need for further sanctions against Russia for its war against Ukraine.

The statement was signed by the Chairs of the foreign affairs committees of the parliaments of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Denmark.

They list all the arguments that indicate the inadmissibility of Russia's actions, starting with that the aggression against Ukraine is a gross violation of international law, and continuing with the atrocities committed by Russia, the immoral tactics, and the threat at the occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP.

They call on the Euro-Atlantic community and its partners to urgently strengthen and implement comprehensive sanctions against the Russian Federation to stop the ability of the Russian army to continue its military aggression in Ukraine; increase military, financial, humanitarian, and diplomatic support to Ukraine, to unanimously support initiatives that condemn Russia's military actions, isolate Russia in international and regional organizations, as well as take adopt equivalent decisions and establish equivalent sanctions against Belarus.

They also call on the EU member states and other Western allies to immediately suspend tourism and limit the issuance for tourist visas for citizens of the Russian Federation.

As previously reported, the EU ministers of foreign affairs will discuss the visa ban for Russians at the meeting on August 31.