A record of the damage done to Ukraine will be presented at the Council of Europe summit to be held in Reykjavik on 16-17 May. In this respect Wrote The RIA Novosti agency referred to the content of the joint declaration signed after President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Rome.
It was noted that after the meeting, the Italian side agreed to participate in the development of a mechanism for demanding compensation from Moscow for losses caused by hostilities.
“Ukraine and Italy will continue to work together to develop mechanisms to provide compensation for losses, injuries and damages caused by Russian aggression. In this context, the establishment of an international damage record, which will be presented at the Council of Europe summit to be held in Reykjavik on 16-17 May 2023, is an important milestone.
Among the mechanisms of influence on Russia, they called, among other things, the possible use of Russian assets frozen by Europe in the interests of Kiev.
The previous day, Japanese Finance Minister Shun’ichi Suzuki declarationFinance ministers and heads of central banks of the G7 countries (USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Italy and Japan) did not discuss the transfer of frozen Russian assets at the last meeting in Niigata, Japan. for the restoration of Ukraine.