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”.
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.