Azerbaijan invaded the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the Russian peacekeepers let the Azerbaijani soldiers do their thing and the Armenian population fled. Disappointed by Russia – still the official protecting power – Armenia now recognizes the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and with it the arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Moscow protests and threatens.
On Tuesday, the Armenian parliament in the capital Yerevan ratified the ICC’s founding statute. The country therefore falls under the jurisdiction of the court in The Hague. “After Russia did nothing against Azerbaijan’s military action in Nagorno-Karabakh, previous considerations became irrelevant for Russia,” Russia expert Gerhard Mangott explains on Platform X.
The plan was previously strongly rejected by Russia. The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin in March.
Accusation of illegal deportation
Putin is accused of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine. The court also issued an arrest warrant for Maria Lwowa-Belowa, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights. She is also accused of war crimes in connection with the deportation of Ukrainian children. The Kremlin has dismissed the accusations as unfounded.
Ratification of the ICC statute means that Armenia will in the future be obliged to arrest Putin if he enters the country. Armenia said it had previously discussed its plans with Russia. Moscow had warned of “serious consequences” if Yerevan submitted to the ICC’s jurisdiction.
Bitter accusations against Moscow
Relations between Yerevan and Moscow are tense due to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, but especially due to Azerbaijan’s recent reconquest of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, previously inhabited almost exclusively by Armenians. In recent weeks, almost the entire Armenian population has fled the area belonging to Azerbaijan to Armenia. Russia, which had stationed peacekeepers in the region, had allowed the Azerbaijanis to carry out their military offensive in mid-September. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan therefore made bitter accusations against Moscow.
Source: Krone
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