Valencia (Spain), 29 April (LaPresse) – ‘We need a just peace,’ ‘Crimea is Ukrainian.’ This was stated by former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaking at the EPP Congress in Valencia. Poroshenko urged not to recognise the illegal annexation of Ukrainian territories by Russia. He thanked EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the People's Party for their support for Kiev and congratulated Friedrich Merz, ‘a strong leader’.