EU: Putin visited Tajikistan despite ICC arrest warrant issued against him
Tajikistan, despite being a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), has failed to fulfil its obligations under the Statute to execute the arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, EU Lead Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Anitta Hipper said on 9 October after Putin arrived in Tajikistan for a two-day visit.
Vladimir Putin is under an arrest warrant by the ICC for international crimes, specifically alleged crimes of unlawful deportation and unlawful transfer of children from temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories in the context of his illegal war of aggression against Ukraine.
“The EU expresses its strongest support for efforts to ensure full accountability for all crimes under international law, human rights violations and abuses stemming from the Russian war of aggression as well as victims’ rights to justice, reparation and guarantees of non-repetition,” says the statement by Anitta Hipper. “In this regard, the EU continues to support the investigations by the Prosecutor of the ICC in Ukraine and calls for cooperation by all States.”
The EU also reiterated its unwavering support to the ICC, and for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders.
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