The high representative of foreign policy of the European Union, Kaja Kallas, and several foreign ministers of member countries -among which it is … The Spanish José Manuel Albares- celebrate this Friday on Europe and for the occasion they have chosen the city of Leopolis, in western Ukraine, where they have paid tribute to the soldiers of the kyiv side fallen in the war through a floral offering.
The leaders seek to show their support for the country invaded in a day marked by the parade of the victory organized in parallel by the Kremlin in Moscow and that commemorates the end of world War II. Inm the Russian capital are present world leaders such as the president of China, Xi Jinping, and other leaders related to Putin such as the Venezuelan Nicolás Maduro, the Cuban Miguel Díaz-Canel, the Serbian Alexander Lukashenko or the Brazilian Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
«Today, we celebrate Europe with Ukraine and its people. Because in a family, both the joys and the difficulties are shared, ”Kallas said after his first act of the day in Leopolis. «Together with the Foreign Ministers, we are united with Ukraine for a fair peace. For the future in which we believe ».
This visit to the heads of European diplomacy to Ukrainian soil has among its objectives show support for the implementation of the International Special Court with which to persecute the highest responsible for the war of aggression ordered by Vladimir Putin. It consists of the last political step to assemble the body.
-Zero impunity
“We will give the final political adoption to establish the war and aggression crimes court,” he announced on Thursday in Warsaw Kaja Kallas, who stressed that “there will be no impunity but that there will be accountability for the crimes committed.”
The Spanish Foreign minister, José Manuel Albares, has participated in Leopolis with his European counterparts. Along the same lines as Kallas, he has expressed his support for kyiv in defense of “freedom, democracy and peace.” «The aggression cannot have a reward. These crimes cannot be unpunished. The future and dignity of Europe is also decided in Ukraine, ”said Albares in its social networks.
The Special Court is designed to process the highest leaders of Russia for the “crime of aggression” of the invasion of Ukraine launched in February 2022. It will work together with the International Criminal Court (ICC) of the Hague has already issued arrest orders against several Russian leaders, including Putin himself.
This appointment has served as a premiere to the newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Johann Wadephul, who wanted to make clear his support to the Government of Volodimir Zelenski. The Ukrainian prime minister, Denis Shmigal, has been in charge of welcoming the delegations of 35 countries and the Council of Europe. “It is important and symbolic that European partners are next to Ukraine,” Shmigal said on social networks.
