Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emil Hurezeanu, participated on Friday, in Lviv, at the high-level meeting of the participating states within the core group for the establishment of the Special Tribunal for War Crimes against Ukraine.
According to a release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) sent to AGERPRES, the meeting marked the announcement of the initiation of the process of establishing the Special Tribunal, with the participation of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, as well as other European and Ukrainian officials.
On this occasion, the MAE said, Romania’s full support for international initiatives aimed at holding accountable all those responsible for the aggression against Ukraine and compensating Ukraine and its citizens for the damages suffered as a result of this war was reconfirmed.
These include participation in the core group for the establishment of the Special Tribunal for the War Crimes against Ukraine, the referral of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to the investigation of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed by the Russian Federation in the context of the war launched against Ukraine, participation in the Register of Damage Caused by the Russian Federation’s Aggression against Ukraine and the negotiation of an international treaty on the establishment of an International Commission for Compensation for Ukraine.
Emil Hurezeanu also participated in the informal meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the EU Member States in Lviv, at the invitation of his Ukrainian counterpart.
The Romanian minister drew attention to the fact that „Russia is not really interested in achieving peace, and the EU must continue its efforts to support Ukraine and to keep the US engaged in the peace process in Ukraine”.
As to concrete support at the EU level for Ukraine, the head of Romanian diplomacy stressed the importance of implementing the initiative proposed by Kaja Kallas for military support, the need to unlock assistance for Ukraine through the European Peace Facility/EPF and the extension of the mandates of the two EU missions regarding Ukraine: the Assistance Mission (EUAM) and the Military Assistance Mission (EU MAM).
Emil Hurezeanu supported the adoption of the 17th package of restrictive measures against Russia and reiterated the importance of advancing the EU accession negotiations of Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova.
