Armenia's parliament has voted in favour of joining the International Criminal Court. The move's irritated the former-Soviet country's traditional ally, Russia.
Listen to Australian and world news, and follow trending topics withIn a move that will further strain relations between Armenia and Russia, Armenia's parliament has voted to join the International Criminal Court, the ICC.
After signing and ratifying the ICC's founding documents Armenia will be bound to accept the court's jurisdiction. The country will be expected to arrest the leader of ally nation Russia, President Vladimir Putin, if he enters their territory. The court issued an arrest warrant for the Russian leader earlier this year, over the war in Ukraine and the alleged illegal deportation of hundreds of Ukrainian children to Russia.
"I do not know what would happen. It does not matter for Putin to come or not, or anybody to come. It shows that Armenia is an independent state."
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