He Hungarian government from Viktor Orban He has announced that he will leave the International Criminal Court During the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Hungary.
The European Executive has claimed that the TPI began as a respectable organization, but that He has currently become a political weapon. The Orban administration thus qualifies the body of which it is a founding country, after the issuance of an arrest warrant against Netanyahu in 2024 by the International Criminal Court. This has been announced by Hungary Government spokesman Gergely Gulyas.
The Rome Statutein which the foundational guidelines of the International Criminal Court are collected, shows the option that a member country abandons the organizationonce a year after the official notification before the UN.
Besides, Orban has slipped that he is not obliged to stop Netanyahu During an official visit despite the order that weighs on it, as other European countries such as Germany or Poland would have alleged. However, A TPI spokesman recalled Wednesday that Hungary had no power to dare Unilaterally mandates emanating from The Hague, such as the arrest warrant against Netyahu, which this Thursday has been received in Budapest with all honors.
A measure that Netanyahu appreciates
The Israel Executivethrough its Foreign Minister, Gideon Saar, He thanked the Hungarian government for his decision to leave the TPIduring Netanyahu’s visit to the European country.
Saar has explained in his X account that The court “has lost its moral authority” and gives the Thanks to Orban for positioning themselves in favor “on the side of Israel and of the principles of justice and sovereignty. “
