Yerevan withdrew its signature under the declaration of the Council of Europe approving Putin's "arrest"

Armenia has withdrawn its signature under the declaration of the Council of Europe (CoE), which approves the warrant of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the "arrest" of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

This fact came to light after the publication of the final version of the document, which is published on the CE website. It follows from it that the ICC warrant was supported by Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine and Moldova, the USA, Canada, Germany, France, Great Britain, as well as Georgia and a number of other countries.

And the signature of the representative of Armenia is missing, although it was there in the initial draft of the declaration. So far, official Yerevan has not commented on the disappearance of the signature in any way.

At the same time, Armenia ratified the Rome Statute of the ICC in October 2023 and assumed the relevant legal obligations.

Recall that the members of the Council of Europe adopted the document on September 6. It calls for the creation of a special tribunal "for crimes of aggression against Ukraine."

The declaration lists ICC warrants for the "arrest" of Vladimir Putin, Children's Ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova, Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu and other Russian politicians.

As reported by EADaily, earlier in The Kremlin said that the warrant of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is not able to limit the contacts of Russian President Vladimir Putin with the countries interested in them.