Hungary blocked the joint statement of the EU countries on the issue of the arrest warrant of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is not recognized by Russia, for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Agency reports Bloombergciting sources.
According to the publication, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, had to issue a statement on his own behalf only due to the Budapest veto. He said the European Union “sees the ICC’s decision as the beginning of the process of bringing Russian leaders to justice”.
On 20 March, EU justice ministers issued their own statements in support of the International Criminal Court’s decision. Hungary did not sign the document.
Vasily Nebenzya, former Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN declarationThat the Russian Federation considers any document of the ICC illegal and invalid. According to him, this court is going to liquidate itself.
On March 17, the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and children’s ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova for their possible involvement in the “illegal deportation and displacement of the population, especially children, from Ukraine to Ukraine”. took it out. Russian Federation. Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said in the Kremlin: take into account He was outraged by the ICC’s invalid decision and the raising of this question.
At the same time, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan, following the court’s decision to continue To cooperate with the Russian Federation on the situation in Ukraine.
Source: Gazeta
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