The Head of European diplomacyKaja Kallas, and several Foreign Ministersincluding the Spanish José Manuel Albares, They gave their support to the creation of a special court that will judge Russia’s war crimesthe same day that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, presided over the traditional military parade in the Red Square accompanied by other leaders.
The ministers expressed their formal support to future special court for the crime of aggression against Ukrainewhich will be created within the framework of the European Council And it will be Located in The Haguesaid Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrí Sibiga, in a press conference after an informal meeting held in the historic building of the City Council of Leopolis.
The meeting was attended not only the foreign ministers of the European Union (EU), but Also the head of British diplomacyDavid Lammy, and other representatives of the at least 37 countries They support the initiative.
“Russia will have to account for this war. This is the moral duty of Europe and all those who value human life in the world, “the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, stressed by videoconference.
The decision to create the court “is a very important sign,” Kallas said in turn, because “No one can be unpunished for the crimes committed, not even the leaders that have decided to send here to all these soldiers to also commit war crimes and all these atrocities. “
What will be occupied and how will the new court work?
The main task of the court will be investigate, process and judge the main responsible for the crime Of aggression against Ukraine, said Ukrainian Prime Minister Denís Shmigal.
Ukrainian researchers have registered More than 167,000 crimes of aggression and wary 735 people are formally suspicious. However, Russia’s highest political and military leaders must also account for, he stressed.
The creation of the Court, with international judges and respecting the highest procedural guarantees, according to the European Commission (CE), will be launched at a meeting the Next week of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe In Luxembourg, said Luxembourg Minister of Exteriors, Xavier Bettel.
For his establishment, an agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe will be signed at the time, his Ukrainian counterpart, Andrí Sibiga explained. Until the court can start operating, in which The US will not participatewill still pass time, Kallas acknowledged, although he expressed his esperanza that the Court can start in 2026.
