North Macedonia joins coalition to establish special tribunal for Russia

North Macedonia has become the 36th country to join the core group of countries working to establish a Special Tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba wrote this on Twitter, Ukrinform reports.

"North Macedonia has become the 36th country to join the collation on the establishment of a Special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. I appreciate our Macedonian friends joining our fight for justice. Support for the Special Tribunal keeps gaining steam," Kuleba said. 

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As reported, in September 2022, President Volodymyr Zelensky formed a working group headed by the Head of the Presidential Administration Andriy Yermak, which is working on the issue of establishing a special tribunal to prosecute the leadership of the Russian Federation for committing the crime of aggression against Ukraine. The establishment of such a tribunal has been supported by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the European Parliament, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, and individual states.