German chancellor has welcomed ICC’s decision to issue arrest warrant for putin

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz supported the decision of the International Criminal Court in the Hague to issue an arrest warrant for the russian dictator vladimir putin.

The Guardian reports this.

The head of the German government said at a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo that it shows that "no one is above the law."

"The international criminal court is the right institution to investigate war crimes … The fact is nobody is above the law, and that's what's becoming clear right now," Scholz emphasized.

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On March 17, Pretrial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court issued warrants for the arrest of russian president vladimir putin in connection with the situation in Ukraine.

All member states of the International Criminal Court are now legally bound to detain and bring to trial the suspected russian president.

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, said that there should be historic responsibility after the historic decision to issue a warrant for the arrest of the russian leader.

After that, US President Joe Biden said that putin had clearly committed war crimes.