Hungary Says It Will Not Arrest Russian President Putin Despite ICC Warrant

Gergely Gulyas, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff speaks during an interview in his office in Budapest  

Reuters: Hungary would not arrest Putin, says PM Orban's chief of staff 

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary would not arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he entered the country, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said on Thursday, adding that it would have no legal grounds. 

Hungary signed and ratified the Rome Statute that created the International Criminal Court (ICC), which issued an arrest warrant on Friday accusing Putin of the war crime of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine. 

It said there were reasonable grounds to believe that Putin bears individual criminal responsibility. When asked if Putin would be arrested if he came to Hungary, Orban's chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas, told a briefing that the Rome Statute had not been built into the Hungarian legal system.  

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WNU Editor: I will not be surprised if other governments who are signatories to the ICC will be making the same announcement in the near future. 

Hungary Says It Will Not Arrest Russian President Putin Despite ICC Warrant  

Hungary would not act on Putin arrest warrant, official says --AP  

NATO ally Hungary says it wouldn't arrest Putin despite ICC warrant -- Business Insider

Hungary says it would not arrest Putin if he entered the country -- CNN  

EU country says it won’t arrest Putin -- RT

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