China reacted to the decision of the International Criminal Court in The Hague to issue an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin suspected of committing an international crime. Beijing believes that the ISS should “take an objective and impartial position,” and suspicions of the deportation of Ukrainian children are not grounds for bringing the Russian dictator to justice, because he has “immunity from jurisdiction in accordance with international law.”
Also, as Wang Wenbin, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, put it, the ISS is obliged to “avoid politicization and double standards.” Such a statement by the Chinese Foreign Ministry was made public on Monday, March 20, writes The Economic Times.
The publication reports that China called on the International Criminal Court to avoid so-called double standards and respect the immunity of heads of state after the tribunal issued an arrest warrant for Russian leader Vladimir Putin on war crimes charges.
As Wang Wenbin said during the briefing, the court should “take an objective and impartial position” and “respect the immunity of heads of state from jurisdiction in accordance with international law.” The representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry also called on the court to “avoid politicization and double standards” and noted that the resolution of the “Ukrainian conflict” should consist of “dialogue and negotiations.”
Wang Wenbin also commented on the visit of Chinese leader Xi Jinping to Moscow. “The two sides will practice true multilateralism, promote democracy in international relations, build a multipolar world, improve global governance, and contribute to world development and progress,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
China has not acceded to the Rome Statute governing the activities of the ISS.
Recall, the day before, on March 17, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and Russian Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvovskaya-Belova. Both are suspected of organizing and committing a grave war crime: the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children to the territory of the Russian Federation.
During more than a year of full-scale aggression, with the full assistance of the Russian authorities and according to the schemes organized by the Russian authorities, at least 16,000 children were deported from Ukraine. They are subjected to powerful zombification and transferred to illegal “adoption” in dozens of regions of the Russian Federation. At the same time, children who have relatives and even parents in Ukraine are changing their names so that they cannot be found.
During the entire period of a full-scale war, Ukraine managed to achieve the return home of only a little more than 300 children abducted by Russia.
The ISS warrant means that Putin, as officially suspected of committing an international crime, must be detained on the territory of any of the more than 100 states of the world that have ratified the Rome Statute.
Germany was the first to announce its readiness to arrest the Russian dictator on its territory and hand him over to The Hague.
In addition, an important aspect of the decision to arrest Putin is that even if the war against Ukraine ends, the Russian Federation will not be able to achieve the lifting of sanctions until it extradites an international criminal who is also the president of Russia.
Source: Obozrevatel
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