Thirty countries have joined the group supporting the creation of a special court to try alleged war crimes committed by Russia during its invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Tuesday.
Speaking to the program that Ukrainian television regularly broadcasts together, quoted by the Interfax-Ukraine agency, Kuleba announced that Greece was the last country to join. “I am pleased to inform you that there are already 30 countries. Greece joined the group today. At the end of last week there were 29″said the head of Ukrainian diplomacy.
“The aim of the group is simple: when a country unites, it accepts the creation of a special court to hold Russia accountable for the crimes committed in the aftermath of the aggression” to Ukraine, Kuleba said, referring to the invasion that began last year.
The task of this “coalition” is to develop legal forms with a view to creating the court and resolving a number of issues, mainly how to terminate the immunity of Russian President Vladimir Putin and elements affecting the inner circle of the Kremlin form.
Kuleba added that “all G7 countries are part of the “group” adding that as of March 3, there were 29, including Guatemala, the first country in Latin America to join the initiative. The first meeting of this “coalition” of countries took place on January 26, with 21 countries and the next meeting will take place in Strasbourg, France, on March 21 and 22.
In a text published this Tuesday, Interfax-Ukraine recalls that on March 2, the International Criminal Court launched an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine. To collect evidence of alleged crimes, a group of investigators was set up together with various European judicial authorities.
Source: DN
