Higgins: 'Concerted' response to humanitarian crisis needed in wake of Russia’s 'unjustified war'

President Michael D Higgins and Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen review a military honour guard during an official welcoming ceremony as part of President Higgins' visit to Vienna. Picture: Photo by GEORG HOCHMUTH/APA/AFP via Getty Images)

A concerted European response is demanded because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Michael D Higgins has said.

Speaking in Austria, he said “every glimmer of hope through diplomacy” must be seized.