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Budapest: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in the Hungarian capital early Thursday where he was warmly welcomed. However, the world’s top war crimes court has issued an arrest warrant against him.
This is the Israeli Prime Minister’s second foreign visit since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant against Netanyahu in November. As soon as Netanyahu arrived in Budapest, (Budapest) Hungary said that it would begin the process of separating from the ICC. Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ‘Chief of Staff’ Gergely Gulyas said in a brief statement, “Hungary will separate from the International Criminal Court.”
Budapest will separate from ICC
He said that the government will begin the process of separating from the ICC on Thursday in accordance with the constitutional and international legal framework. Netanyahu was welcomed with full military honours in the Castle District of the capital Budapest, where he stood with Orban. Talks are to be held between the two leaders. Netanyahu will leave from here on Sunday.
