Ukraine’s Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said he hopes that an anti-corruption court will be created in the next few months.
“We hope that this court will be created by the Verkhovna Rada within several months,” the prime minister said following a meeting with High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and European Commission Vice President Federica Mogherini in Kyiv on Monday.
Groysman said his government will do everything possible to support the creation of this court. In addition to the anti-corruption court, Mogherini and Groysman discussed the implementation of the association agreement between the EU and Ukraine and cooperation plans for 2018, the prime minister said. They also addressed the decision of a Stockholm arbitration court on gas contracts between Naftogaz Ukrainy and Gazprom and the situation in Donbas, he said.
During the briefing, Mogherini said the anti-corruption court should be independent and should be created in line with the conclusions of the Venice Commission. The creation of such court will promote investment in Ukraine and further reforms, especially privatization and land reform, she said.
