The U.S. secretary of state stopped short of vowing to arrest Putin if he were to travel to the U.S., which is not a member state of the ICC.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a Senate hearing Wednesday that any party to the International Criminal Court (ICC) should arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he visits their country.
The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Putin on Friday after the court concluded that the Russian leader is „allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.“ The international treaty is made up of 123 member states, and launched an investigation into possible war crimes being committed in Ukraine in March 2022, after nearly 40 ICC members placed a request.
Blinken discussed Putin’s recent arrest warrant while appearing before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs on Wednesday, facing questions from South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham on whether the U.
