Shock from Armenia to Russia… Putin may be arrested

The National Assembly of Armenia ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

During the parliamentary session, the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the ICC, was approved by 60 votes to 22.

Although Armenia signed the Rome Statute in 1999, the Constitutional Court, in accordance with its 2004 decision, found the statute to be contrary to the Armenian Constitution. The government again asked the Constitutional Court to review the status in 2022.

On March 24, Armenia’s Constitutional Court ruled that the ICC’s Rome Statute complied with Armenian law and sent it to the National Assembly for approval.

KREMLIN’S ‘HOSTILE DECISION’ REACTION

The Constitutional Court considered the Rome Statute legal, which generated tension between Armenia and Russia. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “This is an extremely hostile decision towards us. “It’s not a situation we can condone,” he said.

The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin in March over the “illegal deportation of Ukrainian children.” Due to his decision, Putin did not attend the BRICS Summit held in South Africa.

Armenia’s membership in the ICC means that Putin cannot go to this country either.

On the other hand, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in his speech to the National Assembly on September 19, stated that the Rome Statute has no connection with Armenia-Russia relations and that the adoption of the statute is related to security from Armenia. (AA)