Pavel Latushka: Ukraine's Voice on the Question of Holding Regime Representatives Accountable Is Very Important to Us
- Admin of the NAM
- May 25
- 2 min read
"For me, this visit is important from the standpoint of demonstrating our solidarity with Ukraine and with the Ukrainian people, who have been fighting for their freedom and territorial integrity through the fifth year of full-scale aggression,"— stated Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet, Head of the NAM Pavel Latushka at the outset of the working visit to Kyiv by the delegation of Belarusian democratic forces led by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
Pavel Latushka outlined his plans for the visit to Ukraine:
"Belarusians who want a free country are also on the side of Ukrainians. Our heroes are fighting at the front line.
During my time in Kyiv, I plan to hold a separate meeting with the Director of the Department of International Law and International Legal Counteraction of Aggression at the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Anton Korynevych.
This meeting will take place as a continuation of previous meetings. I plan to discuss the possible assistance from our side — from the United Transitional Cabinet and the NAM — regarding the collection of evidence for submission to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the framework of the investigation already under way into the unlawful transfer of Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to Belarus.
We have already submitted two substantial volumes of materials. I personally met with a senior investigator from the Office of the ICC Prosecutor, during which I handed over materials to the ICC Prosecutor. The relevant materials were also formally transmitted to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
The second direction I would like to discuss is our support for the establishment of the Special Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. The NAM is currently collecting evidence which we will, of course, be transmitting both to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine and to the Prosecutor of the future Special Tribunal, which is to be established in the Hague in the near future.
Separately, a matter of particular importance to me will be the subject of Ukraine's possible support for the investigation into crimes against humanity committed against the Belarusian people. As you know, since March this investigation is also being conducted by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. And tens of thousands of Belarusians after 2020 were forced to leave the territory of the country and relocate to Ukraine, which from the standpoint of international law constitutes deportation.
Ukraine recently signed the Rome Statute and became a member of the International Criminal Court. Its voice in this investigation is also very important to us.
I also have a separate meeting scheduled at the Office of the President of Ukraine with the President of Ukraine's Commissioner for Sanctions Policy, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, where I will present specific proposals for strengthening sectoral and personal sanctions against the Lukashenko regime.
We had previously been cooperating with Ukraine on sanctions matters as well. I hope that this meeting will make that cooperation even more effective."
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