Hungary will ensure Russian President Vladimir Putin can enter and leave the country for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump planned in Budapest despite his outstanding International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Friday.
“We will ensure that he enters Hungary, has successful negotiations here, and then returns home,” Szijjarto said.
“There is no need for any kind of consultation with anyone, we are a sovereign country here. We will receive [Putin] with respect, host him, and provide the conditions for him to negotiate with the American president.”
Hungary is currently a member of the ICC, but is in the midst of a year-long process of withdrawing from the organization, after its parliament approved a bill to leave on May 20, which held that the court had become politicized….