Pavel Latushka appealed to France to support efforts to hold Lukashenka and his associates accountable for the international crimes they have committed

During the meeting between Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and the President of the National Assembly of France, Yaël Braun-Pivet, Pavel Latushka, Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet and Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management (NAM), noted that France has always been, and remains, a leader in defending human rights, justice, and democracy.

Pavel Latushka appealed to the Speaker of the French Parliament to support France’s involvement in the consideration of the Belarusian situation by the International Criminal Court, and emphasized the importance of bringing representatives of the Lukashenka regime to justice for crimes against humanity committed against the Belarusian people.

In the context of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, legally established within the Council of Europe, Pavel Latushka also called on Yaël Braun-Pivet to support the examination of the issue of bringing Lukashenka and the so-called top military and political leadership of Belarus to accountability for the act of aggression committed against Ukraine.

This issue was also discussed by Pavel Latushka during meetings with representatives of the Political and Legal Departments of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as with Frédéric Petit, Head of the Parliamentary Group “For Democratic Belarus” in the National Assembly of France.The French side expressed its readiness to examine and work through this issue in detail.

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