On Wednesday, November 15, Armenia officially became the 124th country party to the ICC, as announced by Permanent Representative to the UN Mher Margaryan.
On November 3, the Armenian parliament ratified the Rome Statute. And Georgia became the first country in the South Caucasus to ratify the Rome Statute. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan has not done this to this day.
From Wednesday, November 15, 2023, Putin is officially prohibited from entering Armenia, as the local authorities must detain him under an ICC warrant, the channel reports “Ukraine 365“.
On November 14, Yerevan, represented by Margaryan, presented the instrument of ratification for safekeeping to the UN Secretary General. This was Yerevan’s final step to become the 124th participating member of the ICC.
Armenia’s representative for legal affairs, Yeghishe Kirakosyan, said that the ICC is considering cases regarding crimes against humanity, military aggression and genocide.
Yerevan plans to apply the ICC against Azerbaijan for all war crimes during hostilities, including forced deportation.
Initially, the Armenian Foreign Ministry stated that the ratification of the Rome Statutes was not directed against Putin. However, the Kremlin said that such a step would still be perceived negatively by Russia.
We previously reported that Armenia may refuse the services of Russians in joint border patrols.
Let us remind you that Pashinyan explained his refusal to attend the meeting of the CSTO Security Council.
Author: Dmitry Myronenko
2023-11-17 06:13:22
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