“Withdrawal from the Rome Statute takes effect one year after the notification of withdrawal is deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, custodian of international treaties. Withdrawal has no effect on ongoing proceedings or on any matter already under consideration by the Court before the date on which the withdrawal took effect.” The International Criminal Court explains this to ANSA regarding the validity of the arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin if he enters Hungary. Carrying out the Court’s executive decisions “is a legal obligation and responsibility”, it adds.
The Hague Court, it adds, “relies on States for the execution of its decisions. This is not only a legal obligation of the Court under the Rome Statute, but also a responsibility towards other States parties to the Statute. When States have doubts about cooperation with the Court, they can consult it in a timely and efficient manner. However, it is not up to States to unilaterally determine the validity of the Court’s legal decisions. As established by Article 119 of the Statute, ‘any dispute relating to the judicial functions of the Court shall be resolved by decision of the Court'”.
Hungary will ensure that Russian President Vladimir Putin can enter the country for the summit with US President Donald Trump scheduled for Budapest. Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó declared this at a press conference. “We are ready to create the appropriate conditions for the American and Russian presidents to hold talks in conditions of security and peace,” explained the head of Hungarian diplomacy. “All the technical issues, from the location to the timing, have yet to be decided – he added – but as soon as the date is final, we will obviously provide information”.
“Great progress”: this is how Donald Trump summarized a telephone conversation – the first in two months – he had with Vladimir Putin on the eve of the meeting scheduled at the White House with Volodymyr Zelensky. Results that the US president will discuss face to face with the Ukrainian one, before a meeting next week between Russian and American “high-level advisors”, and in view of a new summit between Trump and Putin themselves, which should be held in Budapest “within two weeks or shortly after”. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed this, adding that “there is a general agreement” and “nothing should be postponed in the long term”. Putin had a telephone conversation with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban this morning, in view of a summit with Donald Trump scheduled for Budapest. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said this, quoted by the Interfax agency.
With great satisfaction, Dr Orban: “Great news for those who want peace, we are ready”, he posted on social media. A summit that will follow the one on August 15th in Alaska and will take place on the soil of the European Union itself, which Moscow accuses of being the real obstacle to achieving peace. The two and a half hours of talks between the Russian and American presidents were “very productive”, Trump said, underlining that Putin began the conversation by congratulating him on “the great achievement of peace in the Middle East”.
“President Ursula von der Leyen welcomes every step towards lasting peace in Ukraine. If the meeting is held and goes in this direction, it is welcome.” This was stated by Olof Gill, spokesperson for the EU Commission, regarding the scheduled Putin-Trump meeting in Budapest.
“A frank and encouraging phone call”, Moscow also commented, claiming the initiative on the phone call and underlining that the Budapest office was proposed by Trump and “immediately supported” by Putin. Trump’s report marks a clear change of tone compared to the statements of recent weeks, when he repeatedly said he was “disappointed in Putin”, expressing all the frustration at not being able to close a peace agreement.