European Parliament President: Putin, Lukashenka Must Be Held Accountable

• 1.03.2022, 15:45

The dictators are facing the Hague.

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said the EP would support the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court to prosecute Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian dictator Aliaksandr Lukashenka for the war crimes in Ukraine. She made such a statement in Brussels during an extraordinary meeting of the European Parliament, which was convened because of the Russian war against Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine reports.

“The message from Europe is clear: we will rise. We won't look away as those fighting for our values in the streets face Putin's massive war machine. We will support the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court and the investigation of war crimes in Ukraine. We will hold him accountable... the same as Lukashenka,” Metsola said.

She also stated that now “we are facing an existential threat to the Europe we know, the Europe for which so many people have sacrificed so much.”