Bilateral agreement will kick off Russia tribunal process, says Ukraine’s representative

He said this in a comment to Espreso correspondent Natalia Starepravo.

The document is a bilateral agreement with Ukraine, which is expected to be signed by the Council of Europe Secretary General, Alain Berset.

"Now there should be a meeting of the Committee of Ministers at the Council of Europe, which needs to authorize the Secretary General to sign a bilateral agreement with Ukraine. That will kick off the process of creating the tribunal," Tarasyuk said.

He recalled that Ukraine had already submitted a document at the ministerial meeting on May 14 in Luxembourg to initiate the procedure for setting up the tribunal.

• Back on April 20, 2024, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe instructed the Secretary General to start preparing documents to launch consultations with Ukraine on creating a special tribunal for Russian war crimes.
• In February 2025, Alain Berset said he hoped the special tribunal for Russia would be launched this year.