On Thursday, November 21, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Galant.
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As NBN reports with reference to Reuters material, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said statement – EU governments are not allowed to choose whether to execute ICC arrest warrants.
In particular, a number of EU member states have recently stated that they are ready to fulfill their obligations under the Rome Statute if necessary, while the head of the Hungarian government, Viktor Orban, on the contrary, invited Netanyahu to visit Budapest, assuring him that he is “not in any danger” there.
Based on Borrell’s words, EU states that have managed to sign the Rome Convention [Statute] are obliged to comply with the decision of the court in The Hague, since the arrest warrants [for Netanyahu and Galant] are not an optional order.
In addition, the head of European diplomacy separately emphasized that the above-described obligations also apply to countries intending to become members of the European Union:
It would be very funny if newcomers had obligations that current members do not fulfill.
Earlier we wrote about Borrell calling on the EU to consider a scenario of expanding support for Ukraine after Trump's re-election.