an hour agoThis country threatens to arrest Putin if it flies through its airspace towards Hungary
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(8 months ago)Poland has warned Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday against travelling to its air space for a summit in Hungary with US President Donald Trump, saying it could be forced to execute an international arrest warrant if he would do so, Reuters reports. However, Bulgaria would be willing to [...]
However, Bulgaria would be willing to allow Putin to use its airspace if the summit is held in Hungary, Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev was quoted as saying.
“I cannot guarantee that an independent Polish court will not order the government to escort such a plane to hand over the suspect to The Hague tribunal. And so, for this reason, if this summit is going to develop, hopefully with the participation of the aggression victim, the plane will use another” route, Poland Foreign Minister Radoslaa Sikorski told Radio Rodzina.
The International Criminal Court's arrest warrant (GJNP) obliges court member states to arrest Putin if he violates their territory. Sikorski last week accused Russia of an escalation of the war in Ukraine, saying her fearful withdrawal in Poland last month seemed to be intentional. /Periscopi/
