The country, a member of the International Criminal Court, is required to arrest the Russian president during his visit on September 3. But the Kremlin assures that it has an “excellent dialogue” with this country.
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“Of course, all aspects of the visit were carefully prepared.” The Kremlin said on Friday, August 30, that it had no“worry” on the risk of Vladimir Putin’s arrest in Mongolia on September 3. “We have an excellent dialogue with our Mongolian friends”Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Mongolia is the first member state of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to which Vladimir Putin has visited since an arrest warrant was issued against him. The state is in theory obliged to arrest the Russian president upon his arrival on its territory.
When a member country fails to meet this obligation, the Court must report the matter to the Assembly of States Parties, which meets once a year. But any sanctions are mostly limited to a verbal reprimand, as was the case with former Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir. The latter was able to travel to several African states in 2017 without being questioned, despite an ICC arrest warrant issued against him.
Russia, which does not recognise the ICC, has always firmly rejected the charges brought by this court against the Russian president. Ukraine has nevertheless urged the Mongolian authorities to “transfer (Vladimir) Putin to the International Criminal Court in The Hague”. “A warrant for his arrest on suspicion of illegal deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia has been issued by the ICC, whose jurisdiction Mongolia recognizes.”the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry recalled in a statement.
