Україна працює над розширенням географічного представництва держав у спеціальному трибуналі щодо злочину агресії Росії. — Укрінформ.
Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleksandr Karasevych said this in a comment to Ukrinform in New York.
"Regarding the special tribunal, we are now actively working to expand geographical involvement," he said.
"This is no longer a political statement, this is already a legal factor," the Secretary of State stressed.
He added that in parallel, Ukraine seeks to involve more states outside the Council of Europe in the tribunal. In particular, the Ukrainian delegation recently visited Japan to explain at the political and governmental levels the importance of its participation.
Karasevich noted that Japan, Australia, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Canada were among the key group of states that participated in the preparation of the legal mechanisms for the establishment of the tribunal, in particular its statute and the relevant agreement.
Karasevych recalled that Ukraine already has a legal decision of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the tribunal, which was supported by 38 states and the European Union. They must now implement the agreement at the national level.
He stressed that it is appropriate to discuss the issues of international law and responsibility for aggression at the UN headquarters, since states must adhere to the principles on which the Organization is based.