Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Mongolia this week where he is paying an official visit.This is despite the country being a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which hasissued an arrest warrant for the Russian leader over war crimes. Putin travelled to Mongolia this week, the visit was officially announced by the Kremlin last week. Mongolia’s foreign ministry also announced the visit on its website, saying the Putin will meet with the country’s prime minister and the speaker of the parliament.It is Putin’s first trip to an ICC member country since the international court issued the arrestwarrant for the Russian president last year over the forced transfer of children to Russia afterMoscow’s all-out invasion of Ukraine. Under the Rome Statute governing the court, membercountries are obliged to act on ICC arrest warrants if the subject is on their territory.On Crux Decode, what sort of pressure is on Mongolia to arrest Putin?
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