Basha takes the important post in the Council of Europe, he will deal with the confiscation of Russian assets

2023-09-12 16:49:13Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Basha takes the important post in the Council of Europe, he will deal with the
Head of DP Lulzim Basha in the European Parliament

The head of the Democratic Party Lulzim Basha has been entrusted with an important position by the Council of Europe.

Basha was voted unanimously by the Committee for Political Affairs and Democracy in the Parliamentary Assembly of the EC, as the rapporteur for the confiscation of Russian assets and their use to repair the damage caused by Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

Earlier, Basha submitted a draft resolution to the Council of Europe calling for the confiscation of Russian assets, the creation of an international fund to deposit Russian confiscated assets and making these funds available for financing Ukraine's reconstruction projects.

A similar proposal is being discussed in the American Congress, while the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has requested that Russia and its oligarchs should compensate Ukraine for the damage and cover the costs for the reconstruction of the country at the end of the war.

Basha's draft resolution in the EC:

The responsibility for the crimes and damage caused in Ukraine by Russia's unprovoked aggression lies with the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and he must pay for it.

While the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Putin, accusing him of war crimes, Russia must now pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine destroyed by Russian bombing.

According to international law, the Russian Federation has the obligation to compensate Ukraine, its citizens, enterprises and government, for the damages caused by the illegal acts of the Russian Federation. These obligations stipulate the duty of third countries to ensure that the sovereign assets of the Russian Federation under their jurisdiction are placed for the benefit of Ukraine and to establish an international compensation tribunal to ensure that damages caused by Russia are compensated in compliance with international norms, jurisprudence and established accounting principles.

Through this resolution published on the official website of the Council of Europe, which is supported by representatives of all parliamentary groups, it is requested:

Creation of an international fund where the assets of the Russian Federation will be deposited to pay for infrastructure projects in Ukraine; Transfer of frozen capital of the Russian Federation to the international fund;

Establishing a compensation tribunal to adjudicate, in accordance with established judicial norms, claims submitted by Ukraine on behalf of individuals, entities and governmental bodies, or directly by its individuals and entities, as shall be provided by the rules of the tribunal.


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