Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have been arrested upon arrival in Hungary, Gergely Gulyas, head of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s office, said at a press conference on Thursday, stating that there was no legal basis for this. Mykhailo Podolak, adviser to the Ukrainian president, referring to these words, stated that “Hungary continues to reset its reputation.”
Hungary signed and ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which issued an arrest warrant for the Russian president Vladimir Putinbut – as Gulyas explained at the conference – it has not been introduced into Hungarian law.
Asked whether Putin would be arrested if he came to Hungary, the head of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s office said: “We can invoke Hungarian law and we cannot arrest the president on its basis. Russia… because the statute of the International Criminal Court has not been promulgated in Hungary.
Orban’s spokesman also stated that the government in Budapest had not yet “taken a position” on the arrest warrant for Putin. “These decisions are not the most successful because they lead to further escalation, not to peace, this is my personal subjective opinion,” Gulyas said.
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Viktor Orban met with Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin. Photo from February 1, 2022 kremlin.ru
Podolak: Hungary is destroying its reputation
The statement of the head of the Hungarian prime minister’s office was commented on by the president’s adviser Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, Mykhailo Podolak.
“Hungary continues to reset its reputation, and later it will have other difficulties in talks with the EU. It’s about credits and money, sales markets and the deterioration of its reputation in general,” said Podolak, quoted by RBK-Ukraina.
“Today, Hungary has shown itself once again. They can say what they want, it’s about whether they want to abide by the rules,” he added.
Putin’s arrest warrant
The International Criminal Court in The Hague on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putinwho is suspected of war crimes involving the unlawful deportation of children from the occupied territories of Ukraine to Russia.
Rome Status signatories are required to arrest suspects on their land regardless of their status.
International Criminal Court recognized by 123 countries in the world. The jurisdiction of this body is not recognized by the US, China, India, Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkey, among others.
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