The International Criminal Court assured that the investigation of the aggression of the Russian Federation will not be stopped because of the peace negotiations

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Najat Shamim Khan, the deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, said that the investigation into the Russian invasion of Ukraine cannot be stopped by peace negotiations, but can be postponed “temporarily” by the UN Security Council.

Source: the deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in a comment to AP, reports “European Truth”

Details: Khan said that efforts to prosecute must go hand in hand with peaceful efforts.

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“In order for peace to be lasting and sustainable, there must be the possibility of prosecution,” she said.

At the same time, the deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court emphasized that the UN Security Council can “ask the court to postpone the consideration of the case if it believes that there is an opportunity to conclude a peace agreement.”

However, Khan emphasized that this will only be a “temporary stop”.

Prehistory:

• At the end of October, it was written that the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, will not personally participate in the summit of the “Group of Twenty” in the Republic of South Africa, which is a signatory of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
• This is the second time that Putin refuses to go to the South African Republic. In July 2023, he did not go to the summit of the BRICS group “by mutual agreement” with South Africa.
• Last year, the master of the Kremlin also did not go to the G20 summit in Brazil, which is also a member of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
• At the same time, Putin was met and not arrested in Mongolia and Tajikistan, which are members of the ICC and were obliged to execute an international arrest warrant.

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