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WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) – USA President Joe Biden said on Friday Russia President Vladimir Putin clearly committed war crimes and International A crime Court (ICC) about him imprisonment he is right to make the decision.

Earlier on Friday, the ICC accused Putin of illegally deporting children and moving people from Ukraine to Russia since Moscow’s aggression against its neighbor began last year. imprisonment called to do. USA Not a member of the ICC.

“He obviously is military committed crimes”, – Biden to Putin referring to the journalists.

“Well, I think that’s fair,” he said Biden referring to the warrant. “However, the question is that it is not recognized at the international level by us either. But I think this is a very strong point.”

A State Department spokesman said in an emailed statement that the United States separately Russia forces in Ukraine military concluded that he had committed crimes and supports the accountability of those who committed war crimes.

“There is no doubt that Russia in Ukraine military commits crimes and atrocities and we are clear that those responsible should be brought to justice,” the spokesperson added. “This was a decision made independently by the ICC prosecutor based on the facts before him.”

This move by the ICC will make the court’s 123 member states step into Putin’s territory imprisonment and obliges him to extradite him to The Hague for trial. International on Friday A crime Court of Russia child Commissioner for Human Rights issued a warrant to Maria Lvova-Belova with the same accusation.

Yale University researchers last month USAA report supported by the U.N. said that Russia held at least 6,000 Ukrainian children in at least 43 camps and other facilities as part of a “wide-ranging systematic network.”

He denied the accusations that Russian troops committed atrocities during the occupation. The Kremlin said on Friday that the ICC’s arrest warrant against Putin was excessive but meaningless in relation to Russia.

Reporting by Simon Lewis, Jeff Mason and Kanishka Singh; Edited by Chris Reese, Will Dunham, and Cynthia Osterman

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2023-03-18 07:14:32
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