Dear colleagues,

Let me be frank. Ukrainians require justice now. Not in the distant future. They do not want to hear that justice will be served. They want to see it already served. Not only on the battlefield, but in the courtrooms and real decisions as well. As a foreign minister, I am perfectly aware that international justice always takes time. But as a Ukrainian, I cannot help but urge you to make every effort possible to serve that justice. In small or big steps, but delivering tangible results every week, every month.

In this context I commend the importance of the steps that have already been taken. The fact that international investigators and prosecutors, ICC and others are working, the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression is working. The Register of Damage is there. The work of the Core Group on the crime of aggression against Ukraine continues. And overall accountability efforts by the international community are ongoing. I thank everyone who contributes to them.

But more work awaits us ahead. Together, we work to ensure the maximum effectiveness of national actions, more arrest warrants from the ICC, and accountability for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. It is no less important to establish an international compensation mechanisms and full mechanism to confiscate all frozen Russian assets.

These efforts require three things: effective international coordination, and this is why I am here, persistence of efforts, and this is why we all are here, and unity in pursuing our common cause of serving justice. And again – this is why we are here today.

I wish everyone a productive and effective discussion, which will lead us further on the way to restoring justice for Ukraine.

Thank you.

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Kind regards,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
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