The head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell announced Thursday that he would study with his OSCE partners, whose meeting opened in Lodz in Poland, “all legal possibilities” intended to force Russia to pay for the destruction of Ukraine.
“We have seized almost 20 billion euros from oligarchs and people who support Russia, and we control about 300 billion in financial resources from the Russian central bank,” he said.
“This money must be used for the reconstruction of Ukraine,” he insisted at the ministerial meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) held in Lodz (center).
The Organization brings together 57 members, including Russia and Ukraine.
Warsaw, which this year holds the rotating presidency of this organization, has refused entry into its territory to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Moscow denounced this “provocative” decision.
Russia is represented in Lodz by its ambassador to the OSCE.
The head of European diplomacy strongly denounced Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, considering that it constituted a violation of international law and OSCE principles.
“Russia brought war to Europe, undermined the UN charter, and failed to meet international obligations,” he said.
Mr Borrell also said Europe and the world “need a new security order in Europe after Russia completely shattered the one we had”.
He also announced a proposal “to support the International Criminal Court for Russian war crimes” in Ukraine, an idea that must be discussed and approved first by European Union member states and then by the United Nations. “.