A member of the ICC, South Africa would theoretically be required to arrest Mr Putin under a warrant issued in March by the court, which accused him of the war crime of forcibly deporting children from Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine.
South Africa is mulling its options over an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, should he accept an invitation to a BRICS summit in August, a South African government official said.The ICC has issued a warrant for Vladimir Putin, accusing him of forcibly deporting children from Russian-occupied Ukraine
A member of the ICC, South Africa would theoretically be required to arrest Mr Putin under the warrant, which accused him of the war crime of forcibly deporting children from Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine. "There has been no firm decision," said Zane Dangor, director-general of South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation, adding that ministers assigned to the matter would soon meet to consider a report setting out the options.
Former South African president Thabo Mbeki, whose views on international relations hold a lot of sway among government officials, said in a radio interview last week that the summit was unlikely to take place in South Africa because of the government's dilemma. South Africa on Monday issued diplomatic immunity to all leaders attending the meeting, as well as to those attending a gathering of BRICS foreign ministers in Cape Town this week.
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