US EditionPutin's Budapest visit makes awkward spectacle for EU, NATO
Hungary will host Putin despite the ICC warrant to maintain ties with Russia and act as a mediator ahead of elections, officials said the summit may happen within two weeks.
- On Friday, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said Hungary will ensure Vladimir Putin can enter Budapest for the summit and return despite his ICC arrest warrant.
- Viktor Orban, Hungarian Prime Minister, has maintained warm ties with Moscow and announced in April during Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu's visit that Budapest would withdraw from the ICC; European officials expect Orban to stress a mediator role ahead of elections next year.
- The US President said on Thursday he may meet Vladimir Putin in Budapest within two weeks, while Ukraine's leaders reported rising tensions over Hungarian drones crossing into Ukraine last month.
- Diplomats said the choice of Hungary for the summit raised eyebrows among those supporting Ukraine and noted the awkwardness for the EU and NATO as the Tomahawk threat grows.
- In historical context, analysts warned `If there is an agreement, that will legitimise his narrative about peace retrospectively`, recalling the 1994 Budapest Memorandum’s security assurances for Ukraine.
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After Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump tentatively agreed on a peace summit in Budapest, Hungary, on Thursday, it raised a significant question: How will Putin, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), get there without someone trying to detain him along the way? The only safe route for Putin seems to be through Turkey and the Balkans.
Putin's visit to Hungary has raised questions about whether he could be arrested, as the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant against him for war crimes. Hungary, despite being a member of the ICC, has assured Putin of his safety.
Putin's Budapest visit makes awkward spectacle for EU, NATO
When Russia's Vladimir Putin steps off the plane in European Union and NATO member Hungary for a summit with Donald Trump, it will be uncomfortable viewing for allies of Ukraine that have sought to isolate a leader they say is a war criminal.
Hungary will ensure that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin can enter the country, for the Trump summit planned in Budapest, and return home safely. This is the guarantee offered this Friday in Moscow by the Hungarian Foreign Minister, Peter Szijjarto, who met there with Alexey Miller, the president of Gazprom. Hungary guarantees Putin’s security in its territory, despite the fact that the Russian President is the subject of an arrest warrant fro…
The Hungarian Prime Minister and the summit in Budapest. The case of the IPI arrest warrant for the Tsar
Putin has no need to fear ICC arrest warrant in Budapest, Orbán has already demonstrated that
The Russian President likely chose Budapest for his meeting with Trump because of the arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court, and the Hungarian government having stated two years ago that they would not have him arrested if he were to come here.
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