Russian President Vladimir Putin has travelled to Mongolia, with Ukraine demanding his arrest, a media report said on Tuesday.
The Russian president arrived in Mongolia on Monday on his first visit to a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) since it issued a warrant for his arrest nearly 18 months ago on charges of war crimes in Ukraine, Sky News reported.
It said Putin is due to meet Mongolian leader Ukhnaa Khurelsukh today (Tuesday).
Meanwhile, Ukraine asked Mongolia to arrest the Russian president and hand him over to the court in The Hague, but the Kremlin said last week it was not worried about the visit.
“Mongolia has allowed an accused criminal to evade justice, thereby sharing responsibility for the war crimes,” Ukraine’s foreign ministry spokesperson Heorhiy Tykhyi posted on Telegram.
ICC members are expected to detain suspects if an arrest warrant has been issued, but the court cannot enforce the rule.
Mongolia, a large, sparsely-populated country between Russia and China, is heavily dependent on Moscow for fuel and electricity and on Beijing for investment in its mining industry.
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