The Worldwide Prison Courtroom (ICC) has mentioned Mongolian officers are “obliged” to arrest Vladimir Putin if he visits the nation subsequent week.
The go to, anticipated to happen on Tuesday, would be the Russian chief’s first go to to an ICC member state for the reason that ICC ordered his arrest in March 2023.
The court docket charged Putin with conflict crimes and mentioned he had failed to stop the unlawful deportation of kids from Ukraine to Russia for the reason that battle started.
Though Ukrainian officers requested Mongolia to arrest Putin upon his arrival within the nation, the Kremlin mentioned it had “no considerations” in regards to the go to.
“We’ve good relations with our Mongolian companions,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov advised reporters in Moscow.
“After all, each facet of the president’s go to has been fastidiously ready.”
ICC spokesman Dr Fadi Abdullah advised the BBC on Friday that the ICC relied on state events, together with Mongolia, to “implement its rulings”.
He mentioned Mongolia, like different ICC signatories, had an “obligation to cooperate.” This contains complying with arrest warrants, such because the one issued by a court docket in 2023 for Putin’s arrest.
The court docket accused the Russian president of being liable for conflict crimes and centered on the unlawful deportation of kids from Ukraine to Russia. It additionally issued an arrest warrant for Russia’s kids’s rights commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova, for a similar crime.
The assertion mentioned that these crimes have been dedicated in Ukraine beginning on February 24, 2022, when Russia launched a full-scale invasion.
Moscow has beforehand denied the accusations and referred to as the arrest warrant “outrageous.”
Dr Abdullah mentioned ICC judges would examine instances of “non-cooperation” by its signatories and inform the Meeting of States Events, which may “take any measures it deems applicable”.
The Worldwide Prison Courtroom has no energy to arrest suspects and may solely train jurisdiction inside its member states.
Ukraine’s overseas ministry mentioned it hoped Mongolia would “understand that Vladimir Putin is a conflict legal” and referred to as on the nation’s authorities to arrest the Russian chief and hand him over to the Worldwide Prison Courtroom prosecutor in The Hague, Netherlands.
final yr, Putin cancels visit to South Africa summit After the Worldwide Prison Courtroom issued an arrest warrant.
As a signatory to the court docket, South Africa is meant to detain suspects on its territory, however President Ramaphosa has warned Russia that this is able to be seen as a declaration of conflict.
Ramaphosa mentioned the Russian chief’s resolution to not attend was “mutual”.
The BBC has contacted the Mongolian embassy for remark.
