Moscow stated it wasn’t involved about the potential of Putin being arrested in Mongolia.
“There aren’t any worries; we now have a terrific dialogue with our associates from Mongolia,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated on Friday. “All facets of the go to had been rigorously ready.”
The Ukrainian authorities referred to as on Mongolia to execute the ICC warrant towards Putin throughout his go to to the nation.
Kyiv “hopes Mongolia understands that Putin is a struggle felony,” the Ukrainian international ministry stated in an announcement on Friday. “We name on the Mongolian authorities to execute the obligatory worldwide arrest warrant and hand over Putin” to the ICC, it stated.
“The kidnapping of Ukrainian kids is barely one of many many crimes for which Putin and the remainder of the military-political management of the Russian Federation should face justice,” the ministry stated.
Oleksandr Merezhko, the pinnacle of international relations committee within the Ukrainian parliament, prompt that Ukraine begin negotiations with Mongolia to persuade it to execute the arrest warrant. “If these negotiations don’t result in the specified end result, then you’ll be able to flip to the Assembly of the taking part states, which ought to be held on the finish of this 12 months, he stated in a Facebook put up.
The ICC, primarily based in The Hague, has 124 members world wide. Russia and the U.S. should not members.