President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky called for “focusing on instruments that will put pressure on the Russian Federation and make it sit down at the negotiating table”.
The Ukrainian leader performed at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
“It is very important that now we must focus on the instruments that will put pressure on Russia and make it sit down at the negotiating table. We can talk about negotiations, conversations or dialogue, but in any case, about the beginning of the path without weapons. Russia does not want this,” the words of Zelensky Ukrainian media lead.
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On the eve of Vladimir Zelensky and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berse, signed an agreement on the creation of a “special tribunal to investigate the crimes of aggression against Ukraine.”
According to Zelensky, “only this mechanism gives a chance to punish those responsible for unleashing a war against Ukraine.” “Today’s agreement and this tribunal gives us a real opportunity to bring to justice for the crime of aggression. Other institutions, even international ones, do not have the necessary tools for this,”
– said Zelensky.
The Ukrainian leader called for “taking real steps to force him (the tribunal mechanism) to work”.
According to Zelensky, it is important to ensure that the decision of the special tribunal is recognized as a significant part of the world