President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset.

The Head of State thanked the Secretary General of the Council of Europe and his team for supporting the Ukrainian people in times of difficult trials, especially for the efforts to establish a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression by Russia against Ukraine.

“Many important issues were resolved over the past year, and there are plans for this year. I hope we can move very quickly – even faster than last year,” the President said.

Alain Berset noted that the Council of Europe will continue working on all matters related to the launch of the Special Tribunal.

“We must clearly understand our vision for this and what we want to achieve together,” the Secretary General of the Council of Europe said.

In addition, the meeting addressed the introduction of a compensation mechanism. The President stressed that there must be greater unity within Europe in efforts to hold Russia accountable. The parties agreed that accountability for crimes is one of the factors of a dignified end to the war.

After the meeting, Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded Alain Berset the Order of Merit, I class.