Vladimir Putin paid an official visit to Mongolia, a member of the CIS
Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a two-day official visit to Mongolia, a member of the International Criminal Court, for the first time since the arrest warrant was issued. Ukraine is angry that Putin has not been arrested.
On September 2, Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a two-day official visit to Mongolia. The plane of the Russian president landed at the Ulaanbaatar airport.
Putin's visit to Mongolia will last two days. According to the program of the visit, on September 3, the Russian President will meet with the President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khuralsukh, as well as sign a number of documents and lay flowers at the statue of Georgy Zhukov.
Putin's visit coincided with the 85th anniversary of the 1939 victory of Soviet and Mongolian forces over Japanese armed forces at Khalkhin Gol.
Putin last visited Mongolia exactly five years ago.
In Ulaanbaatar, the heads of state will discuss bilateral relations, current international and regional issues, and sign bilateral documents. Putin also plans to meet with Speaker of the State Grand Khural (unicameral parliament) Dashzegviin Amarbayasgalan and Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene.
Ukraine is angry that Putin has not been arrested by the International Criminal Court
Vladimir Putin made his first visit to a country that signed the Rome Statute and accepted the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, which issued an arrest warrant for the Russian leader on suspicion of war crimes during the invasion of Ukraine.
Shortly after Putin's arrival in Ulaanbaatar, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Georgy Tikhi, condemned the decision of the Mongolian authorities not to arrest the Russian president based on the warrant of the International Criminal Court.
"The failure of the Mongolian government to comply with the mandatory ICC order to arrest Putin is a serious blow to the International Criminal Court and the international criminal law system," the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. — Mongolia allowed an accused criminal to avoid justice and thereby shared responsibility for his war crimes. We will work with partners to make it impact Ulaanbaatar."
On Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov again said that Moscow is not afraid of Putin's arrest in Mongolia on the warrant of the Security Service. "There is no such problem with Mongolia," TASS quoted him as saying.
Putin has started traveling abroad less frequently since the start of the full-scale war, and since the arrest warrant was issued, not all countries he has visited recognize ICC jurisdiction. Mongolia completed the membership process in 2002.
