Vladimir Putin will travel to Mongolia, where an arrest warrant is in force against him

The Russian President Vladimir Putinon whom there is an order of arrest of the International Criminal Court (CPI) for “illegal deportation” of Ukrainian children, will travel on Tuesday to Mongoliaa member state of the ICC, which should arrest him when he arrives on its territory.

“Putin will make an official visit to Mongolia on September 3rd“, he said on Thursday Kremlin in a statement. It will be the first trip of the Russian president to the territory of a signatory country of the Rome Statutesince the ICC issued the arrest warrant against him in March 2023.

Mongolia signed the Rome Statute in 2000, before ratifying it in 2002, and each Member State has the duty to arrest to any person who arrives in its territory and has a arrest warrant of the CPIThe Kremlin has always firmly rejected the accusations made by this institution against the Russian president.

Putin has avoided traveling abroad for nearly year and a halfand did not attend the summit either BRICS in South Africa in August 2023, nor to that of G20 in India in September of the same year. However, yes traveled to China in May, at North Korea in June already Azerbaijan in mid-August, countries that are not members of the ICC.

The Russian head of state will visit Mongolia “for invitation of the Mongolian president Ukhnaa Khurelsukh“, according to the Kremlin, “to participate in the celebrations of the 85th anniversary of the joint victory of the armed forces Soviet and Mongolian against the militarists Japanese“Putin’s last visit to the country was in September 2019.

Mongoliaa country rich in natural resourcesis located in East Asia, nestled between Russia and China, has a vast territory and has a population of 3.4 million of inhabitants.

How the war between Russia and Ukraine continues

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kulebaasked the countries of the European Unionthat put pressure on USA to raise the restrictions which prevent it from using its weapons against targets located on Russian territory.

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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has called on the EU to lift restrictions on the use of US weapons against Russia.

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Several countries still maintain restrictions on the use of weapons which they supply to Ukraine, in particular missiles long-range, to avoid an escalation of the conflict that began in February 2022. Ukraine insistently demands in the lifting of these restrictions to allow him to attack “legitimate military objectives” in Russia, Kuleba recalled.

The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyrenewed the call this week after the bombings Russians on Monday and Tuesday against Ukrainian cities and infrastructure, especially in the power grid which caused power outages across the country.

The United States agreed partially lift These restrictions are only to allow Ukraine to defend itself against attacks from Russian territories close to the border and front line, such as in Kharkiv.