Zelenskyy: Netherlands agrees to host Special Tribunal on Russia's aggression

The Dutch government has expressed its readiness to host the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.

Source: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Zelenskyy and Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten held a phone call on the evening of 3 July. The Ukrainian president briefed Jetten on the consequences of the latest Russian overnight attacks.

Zelenskyy noted that partners had expressed their readiness to take further steps to protect lives and that air defence remains one of the key areas of cooperation between Ukraine and the Netherlands.

He also thanked Jetten' government for its decision to host the fully operational Special Tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.

"This decision will make it possible to hold Russia's highest political and military leadership accountable for the crime of aggression itself, not only for its consequences," the president wrote, adding that the two leaders had also agreed on the schedule for their upcoming meetings.

Background:

• At a meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 15 May, participants approved a key decision in the process of launching the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.
• The Office of the President of Ukraine expects the special tribunal to begin operating next year.
• Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said in Chișinău that the tribunal would help Russian leader Vladimir Putin achieve his dream of going down in history.

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