Armenia has withdrawn its signature from the Council of Europe (CoE) declaration approving the International Criminal Court (ICC) order for the “arrest” of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
This fact was revealed after the final version of the document was published on the EC website. It follows from this that the ICC order was supported by Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine and Moldova, the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Great Britain, as well as Georgia and several other countries.
The signature of the representative of Armenia is also missing, although it was included in the initial draft of the declaration. So far, the Yerevan official has not commented on the disappearance of the signature.
At the same time, Armenia ratified the Rome Statute of the ICC in October 2023 and assumed the corresponding legal obligations.
Let us recall that the members of the Council of Europe adopted the document on September 6. It calls for the creation of a special court “for crimes of aggression against Ukraine.”
The statement lists ICC orders for the “arrest” of Vladimir Putin, a child rights defender Maria Lvova-BelovaSecretary of the Security Council Sergei Shoigu and other Russian politicians.
As reported EADailyThe Kremlin has previously said that the order of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is not capable of limiting contacts between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the countries concerned.
