Russian President Vladimir Putin will go to India quickly, the Kremlin’s press secretary introduced on Tuesday. The announcement of dates will likely be made quickly, he added.
“Particular dates of President Vladimir Putin’s go to to India will quickly be introduced and Russia will start making ready for it,” Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin’s press secretary, stated.
“I hope quickly we’ll work out the exact dates of his go to… In fact, after two visits of Prime Minister Modi to Russia, now we’ve got a go to of the President to India, so we’re wanting ahead to it,” he added.
Putin is underneath an arrest warrant from the Worldwide Legal Courtroom (ICC) for alleged battle crimes in Ukraine.
In March 2023, practically a yr after the battle started, the ICC issued arrest warrants towards each Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for youngster rights, for the alleged battle crimes.
Below the Rome Statute, the court docket’s binding treaty, people towards whom an ICC warrant has been issued, should be detained if the individual visits a rustic, which is a member state of the ICC.
Nonetheless, India has not signed or ratified the Rome Statue. Subsequently, the ex-KGB agent can’t be arrested right here.
Additionally, India has repeatedly abstained from voting towards Moscow on resolutions within the United Nations on the Ukraine battle. Moreover, it has continued to buy oil from Russia, including to the annoyance of the United States-led western bloc of countries.
Final month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Russia’s Kazan for the annual summit of the leaders of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) group of countries. The 2 leaders held a bilateral assembly on the sidelines of the summit.
