EU regrets Mongolia’s refrain from arresting Putin

Putin was received with honours by his Mongolian counterpart, despite the fact that the International Criminal Court requested the arrest of the Russian president.

The European Union (EU), deplored that the government of Mongoliahas refrained from arresting the Russian president Vladimir Putinas requested by the International Criminal Court (ICC) last year for alleged crimes in Ukraine.

«The EU regrets that Mongolia, a State Party to the Rome Statute of the ICC, has not complied with its obligations under the Statute to execute the arrest warrant.“, the EU spokesperson said in a statement.

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In view of this, Putin landed last Tuesday in Mongoliaand was received with honors by his Mongolian counterpart, Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukhin a gesture interpreted as an open challenge to the CPIwhich requested the arrest of the president Russian in the year 2023.

He also commemorated that the court requested the arrest of Putin by “alleged crimes of deportation and illegal transfer of children from temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories in the context of its illegal war of aggression against Ukraine”

«EU supports ICC Prosecutor’s investigations in Ukraine and calls for full cooperation from all States Parties“the statement said.