Vladimir Putin made his first appearance abroad since the ICC issued his arrest warrant. The leader of Russia visited Kyrgyzstan.
After the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian president only visited neighboring countries (Tajikistan, Turkmenistan) and Iran. He ignored other events and visits for fear of arrest.
Putin left the BRICS summit in South Africa and did not attend the G20 summit in India. In turn, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who announced that he expected a visit from the Russian president at the end of August, ultimately had to come to Russia in person to talk to the Russian president.
Putin will visit another country
However, Putin will visit Kyrgyzstan on Thursday, the country’s president’s office said. This is the Russian president’s first trip abroad since the arrest warrant was issued. “At the invitation of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Sadyr Dzhaparov, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, will pay an official visit to this country on October 12 this year,” the Kyrgyz government announced.
Putin will also attend the Commonwealth of Independent States summit in Bishkek on Friday. However, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will not participate in the event. Relations between the two countries are tense due to the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Arrest warrant
The International Criminal Court, located in The Hague, is the first permanent international court in history, established to try persons accused of committing the most serious crimes, such as genocide, crimes against humanity, war and acts of aggression committed after July 1, 2002. It was established on the basis of the Rome Statute of July 17, 1998, developed at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the capital of Italy. The ICC started its activities on July 1, 2002. From March 11, 2021, the Court will be led by a Pole, Prof. Piotr Hofmanski.
In March this year The International Criminal Court in The Hague issued an arrest warrant against the President of Russia, V. Putin, and the Ombudsman for the Rights of the Child in this country, Maria Lviv-Belova, accused of complicity in the illegal export of Ukrainian children to Russia. In response to these actions, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation initiated proceedings against the ICC, accusing the judges of unlawful acts in violation of the Russian Criminal Code. The wanted list developed on this basis included: President of the ICC, the aforementioned Judge P. Hofmański.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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