Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Mongolia today, which is his first trip to a member country of the International Criminal Court (ICC) since the warrant against him was issued.

The ICC and Ukrainian authorities have called on Mongolia to arrest Putin, who is wanted by a court for illegally deporting Ukrainian children to Russia, but Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said last week that the Kremlin had no reason to worry. matter.

He added that "all aspects of the visit were carefully prepared". Like all other member states of the Rome Statute, which established the ICC, "it is Mongolia's obligation to cooperate with this court," its spokesman Fadi al-Abdalah told reporters.

If a member state does not fulfill its obligations under the ICC, this court can refer the matter to the assembly of member states that meets once a year, but the problem is that the possible sanctions are limited to a verbal warning.

This is supported by the fact that in the past, other individuals for whom there were arrest warrants from this court, such as the former Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir, traveled to the signatory countries of the Rome Statute without anyone stopping them.

Mongolia signed the Rome Statute in 2000 and ratified it in 2002. Mongolia is in the path of the planned new gas pipeline connecting Russia and China.

For years, Russia has negotiated the construction of a pipeline that would transport 50 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually across Mongolia from Russia's Yamal region to China.