Putin arrives in ICC member state Mongolia without being arrested

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Members of the international court are bound to detain suspects if an arrest warrant has been issued, but the court doesn’t have any enforcement mechanism.

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00:00Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrived to Mongolia on a state visit, but despite

00:05an outstanding international warrant, he wasn't arrested by the ICC member state.

00:11Putin was welcomed at Mongolia's international airport by the country's foreign minister.

00:16The official visit comes amid an international warrant for his arrest nearly 18 months ago

00:20on charges of war crimes in Ukraine.

00:24Ukraine and the EU had called on Mongolia to fulfil its obligation to the ICC and arrest

00:29Putin.

00:30We have raised our concerns about the visit and stated our position of the ICC clearly

00:37via our delegation in Mongolia and of course the EU supports the investigation by the prosecutor

00:43of the ICC in Ukraine and we call for the full cooperation by all state parties.

00:51Members of the ICC are bound to detain suspects if an arrest warrant has been issued, but

00:56the court doesn't have any enforcement mechanism.

01:00The ICC has accused Putin of being responsible for the abduction of children from Ukraine,

01:05where the fighting has raged for two and a half years.

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