Vladimir Putin received with honour guard in International Criminal Court member Mongolia
Russia's President Vladimir Putin , accompanied by Battsetseg Batmunkh, Mongolia 's Minister of Foreign Affairs, walks past honour guards upon arrival at the airport in Ulaanbaatar on 2 September 2024. It is a member of the International Criminal Court , and required to arrest him.Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Mongolia on Monday, his first visit to a member of the International Criminal Court since it issued an arrest warrant for him last year.
Kyiv last week urged Mongolian authorities to execute the arrest warrant, while the ICC said all its members had an"obligation" to detain those sought by the court.The Kremlin said last week it was not concerned that Putin would be arrested.Since the Soviet collapse in 1991, it has sought to keep friendly relations with both the Kremlin and Beijing.
Media investigations have found evidence of Ukrainian children being adopted by Russian families and having their names changed, prompting allegations Moscow is trying to scrub their Ukrainian identity.It has dismissed the warrant as having no consequence, but this trip to Mongolia marks Putin's first to an ICC member in the 18 months since it was issued.
"President Putin is a fugitive from justice," Altantuya Batdorj, executive director of Amnesty International Mongolia said in a statement. In that statement, issued in June, the signatories also called on all ICC members"to ensure full cooperation with the Court for it to carry out its important mandate of ensuring equal justice for all victims of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression."Who we choose to trust can have a profound impact on our lives. Join thousands of devoted South Africans who look to News24 to bring them news they can trust every day.
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