Justice ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) met today in Venice to discuss ways to fight corruption and organized crime in Ukraine.
According to the Italian hosts, the two-day meeting in the northern lagoon city is about strengthening Ukraine’s democratic institutions and preventing any form of illegal use of money intended for the reconstruction of Ukraine.
The G7 is a group of leading industrialized democracies, which includes Germany, Italy, France, Britain, Japan, Canada and the USA.
“The issue of corruption is a problem for Ukraine,” German Justice Minister Marco Bussmann told the German news agency dpa.
Bushman said money being funneled into corruption instead of being spent on equipping Ukrainian soldiers is weakening the country in its defense against Russian aggression.
“If Ukraine wants to follow the path of EU membership, it must fight the high level of corruption,” Bushman said.
Bushman stated that the reconstruction of Ukraine after the restoration of peace in the country will not succeed without foreign aid. But he said potential donor countries would be less willing to help if much of the aid was lost to corruption.
According to Bushman, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was aware of this problem and had made the fight against corruption the focus of his work. “We want to support him on this issue,” added Busman.
While the foreign ministers of the G7 countries have been meeting regularly for some time, the meeting of justice ministers is relatively new. Their first meeting took place in November 2022 at Bushman’s initiative. A second meeting followed in July 2023.
A Ukrainian delegation was present in Venice for the agenda items related to Ukraine.
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