South Africa is obliged to arrest Putin if he sets foot in the country for next month's Brics summit. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in which they discussed the Black Sea grain deal, due to expire on Monday, and a summit in South Africa next month, the Kremlin said on Saturday.an arrest warrant issued against Mr Putin in March
by the International Criminal Court , which accused him of the war crime of deporting Ukrainian children to Russia. The warrant means member states of the ICC – of which South Africa is one – are obliged to arrest him if he sets foot on their territory. Russia said at the time that the warrant was “outrageous” and legally void because Russia is not an ICC member.In Saturday’s statement, it said Mr Ramaphosa had briefed Mr Putin about preparations for the event, but did not give details of their exchange.
Mr Ramaphosa’s office, in its readout of the call, did not mention the meeting of the Brics group, which also includes Brazil, India and China.and “the need for a permanent and sustainable solution to the movement of grain from Russia and Ukraine to the international markets”.
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