Monday, September 9 2024 11:12

ArmInfo. Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin  called Armenia's refusal to support the International Criminal Court's (ICC) warrant for the of Russian President Vladimir Putin .

, the  senator noted.

In his opinion, . , Karasin said. As  EADaily reported, Armenia withdrew its signature from the Council of  Europe declaration, which approved the ICC warrant for the   of Putin.

This fact was discovered after the publication of the final version  of the document on the CE website. It follows from it that the ICC  warrant was supported by Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine and  Moldova, the USA, Canada, Germany, France, Great Britain, as well as  Georgia and a number of other countries. The signature of the  representative of Armenia is missing, although it was there in the  initial draft of the declaration. 

At the same time, Armenia ratified the Rome Statute of the ICC in  October 2023 and assumed the corresponding legal obligations. The  participants of the Council of Europe adopted the document on  September 6. It calls for the creation of a special tribunal . The declaration lists the ICC  warrants for the of Vladimir Putin, children's ombudsman  Maria Lvova- Belova, Secretary of the Security Council Sergei Shoigu,  and others.