Vice President of the Armenian Nationwide Meeting Hakob Arshakyan stated that Yerevan had listened to Russia’s “fears” in regards to the potential penalties of ratifying the Rome Statute, primarily based on which the Worldwide Prison Court docket operates, and issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin.
Supply: Arshakyan in an interview with Armenpress, reviews European Pravda
Particulars: The Vice President of the Armenian Parliament famous that the federal government determined to hitch the Rome Statute in December 2022 in response to “Azerbaijan’s aggression towards Armenia’s sovereign territories,” and that’s when the Armenian Constitutional Court docket started to check it.
“I imply, the choice of the Constitutional Court docket doesn’t discover anybody responsible of any difficulty and doesn’t require steps to arrest anybody. And the federal government of Armenia in December 2022, in fact, may neither guess nor predict the chance and content material of particular selections of the Worldwide Prison Court docket in March,” Arshakyan emphasised.
He additionally clarified that “the ruling celebration and group haven’t any intention or need” to arrest Putin if he visits Armenia.
“As not too long ago as in the present day, we’ve signed an settlement with one other nation in accordance with which the Rome Statute won’t have an effect on our bilateral relations. Such a settlement will be reached with Russia. However that is simply one of many choices. There are different choices,” stated the Vice President of the Armenian Parliament.
“One factor is evident: we’ve heard the considerations expressed by the Russian Federation, and I believe we will be sure that the additional course of associated to the Rome Statute doesn’t hurt the strategic relations between Armenia and Russia,” he added.
Background:
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On 24 March, the Constitutional Court docket of Armenia declared that the Rome Statute of the Worldwide Prison Court docket complies with the nation’s primary legislation, thus paving the best way for its ratification.
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It’s noteworthy that the Armenian Constitutional Court docket introduced its resolution per week after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, discovering him responsible of illegally deporting 1000’s of kids from Ukraine.
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The issuance of the warrant signifies that Putin will be arrested if he travels to any member state of the Worldwide Prison Court docket.
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