Today’s 🇪🇺🇺🇸 Ministerial Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs put the unwavering support to Ukraine at the heart of our transatlantic agenda.
The EU and the U.S. are committed to ensuring accountability for the Russian atrocious crimes committed during the war in 🇺🇦
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/dreynders/status/1603485597456371712
During the meeting, we had extensive exchanges on how we can further support #Ukraine with its investigation and prosecution of war crimes.
In this context, we invite the U.S. to join the #JointInvestigationTeam and its members to cooperate on alleged international crimes
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/dreynders/status/1603485622869573632
Today’s meeting strengthens further the 🇪🇺🇺🇸 alliance in the field of justice.
As partners, we work hand in hand to promote #justice and #RuleofLaw on both sides of the Atlantic, but also in international fora.
See my full statement here ⤵️
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/STATEMENT_22_7784
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/dreynders/status/1603485662011084800
We also discussed enforcement of sanctions & legal tools to tackle evasions. In the long run, we agreed that frozen assets should serve as basis to help rebuild 🇺🇦 We will also continue to explore the ways we could make use of the ‘immobilised’ assets of the Russian Central Bank.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/dreynders/status/1603485644453548032