Moscow criticises ‘inappropriate’ decision that would oblige former ally to arrest Putin if he visits
Armenia’s parliament has voted to join the international criminal court (ICC), obliging the former Soviet republic to arrest Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, if he were to visit the country.
Tuesday’s decision will further strain relations with Moscow, Armenia’s traditional ally. Ties are already badly damaged over the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine and Azerbaijan’s recapture of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Kremlin last week warned Armenia that its decision to join the ICC, which has issued an arrest warrant for Putin for overseeing the abduction of Ukrainian children, was “extremely hostile”.
your list of allys grows thin Russia
They still have Iran and North Korea. If that doesn’t trigger “are we the baddies?” I don’t think anything will.
That happens if you throw them under the bus as soon as they tilt even so slightly towards the West. Serbia will be next.
Just normal, the only thing that Russia could provide is the protection of the ppl Armenian ppl on Azerbaijan. After that, joining international criminal court can help put some eyes of westerns on the situation, since western countries usually don’t care about genocide perpetrated by allies, and Azerbaijan is very close to Otan.
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Armenia’s parliament on Tuesday voted to join the international criminal court (ICC), obliging the former Soviet republic to arrest Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, if he were to visit the country.
The Kremlin last week warned Armenia that its decision to join the ICC, which has issued an arrest warrant for Putin for overseeing the abduction of Ukrainian children, was “extremely hostile”.
Russia, with a military base in Armenia, has long been its security guarantor, including managing tensions over Nagorno-Karabakh, but as Azerbaijan launched its offensive on the mountainous breakaway region, Moscow made clear its troops had no intention of intervening.
Richard Giragosian, the head of the Regional Studies Centre in Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, said the country’s decision to ratify the founding treaty of the ICC was the latest sign that Pashinyan was attempting to reduce Moscow’s influence.
France’s foreign minister, Catherine Colonna, flew to Armenia on Tuesday to assess the country’s urgent needs as it faced an influx of refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh and the risk of Azerbaijani military operations on its territory, diplomats said.
The Russian leader skipped the Brics summit in South Africa in August amid speculation he could be detained under the ICC warrant.
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