Yesterday at the World Forum of the Hague, the EU Council has organised the Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of the Convention Establishing an International Claims Commission for Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was also present to the conference. The convention was signed by all EU member states including Malta.
The aim of the new special commission to submit to the International Criminal Court, financial claims by Ukraine for damages committed by Russia against civilian property and infrastructure. The result of the initiative is an agreement between EU member states on the use of frozen Russian assets which will be immobilised indefinitely.
The new special commission ahs been announced as the US tries to strong-arm Ukraine into accepting its US-Kremlin Pact. Europe and Ukraine have submitted their counter-proposal to the US-Kremlin Pact. The previous demand by the US government to make use of frozen Russian assets has been rejected.
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