Minister of Justice Rimantas Mockus: Lithuania extends helping hand to Ukraine after the cyber-attack
During his first visit to Ukraine, Minister of Justice Rimantas Mockus met with Ukrainian Minister of Justice Olha Stefanishyna. It has been agreed that Lithuania will act promptly in response to the hacking into the registers of the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice on 19 December.
“Following the cyber-attack against the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Lithuania is taking the initiative to help provide additional protection for the data in the registers of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. We have discussed potential formats and solutions with the Minister of Justice of Ukraine to ensure that copies of the data from the registers of the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice are transferred for storage to data centres providing high-level reliability guarantees in the near future," said Mr Mockus.
The Minister identified this issue as one of the priorities.
The bilateral meeting of the Ministers of Justice also outlined the main guidelines for joint activities and the immediate steps to be taken in drafting the plan of actions for the Chapter “Reforms of the Justice System” of the bilateral Agreement on Security Cooperation signed by the Presidents of Lithuania and Ukraine on 27 June 2024.
This Agreement will focus on:
- ensuring the proper and efficient functioning of judicial authorities and courts and access to justice;
- enhancing public confidence in judicial authorities;
- ensuring the independence and resilience of the judiciary;
- developing a regulatory framework for the use of digital and modern technologies in judicial proceedings.
“We will also seek to mobilise the efforts of the international community to ensure a common standard of national investigations, uniform quality and assessment of evidence, and to accelerate the accountability of those directly responsible for the aggression,” stressed Mr Mockus.
Minister of Justice of Ukraine Olha Stefanishyna accepted the invitation of Minister Mr Mockus to visit Lithuania in the near future.
During the first official visit of the 19th Government of the Republic of Lithuania to Ukraine, Minister of Justice Rimantas Mockus met with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk, and members of the Government.
Last updated: 27-12-2024