The member countries of the so -called Core group signed this Friday in the Ukrainian city of LEOPOLIS a statement in which they undertake to promote the creation of a special court to judge those responsible for the Russian military invasion of Ukraineannounced the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.
“We celebrated that the technical work of the draft of the legal instruments necessary to establish, within the framework of the Europe’s advice, a special court for the Crime of aggression against Ukraine“says the statement signed by the members of the so -called Central Group, which was established in 2023 by 37 countries that are part of the EU, the Council of Europe and the G7.
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Among the signatories of the declaration are the high representative for the EU foreign policy, Kaja Kallas; the Spanish Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, and the rest of the EU Foreign Ministers who traveled to Leopolis to celebrate the European Day and give its final political support to the creation of the court.
The signers of the text undertake to accelerate the work so that the court is established and begins to function as soon as possible and highlight the contribution of The European Commission (CE) to the steps that have been taken so far.
The court will have the power to investigate, process and judge Russian political and military leaders, who have the greater responsibility for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.
Minister Luxembourg of exterior, Xavier Bettelexplained in Leopolis that the Committee of Ministers of the European Council will adopt next week in Luxembourg formally the creation of the court, in which US will not finally participate.
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