The Armenian Parliament ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The official reason is that the country is going to prosecute those who committed war crimes during the Azerbaijani-Armenian military conflict.

However, ratification, which was previously signed by more than 100 states of the world, implies, among other things, the arrest of Russian President Putin in the event of a visit to Armenia. Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Peskov called it an “unfriendly step” aimed at arresting Russian citizen Putin, accused by the ICC of war crimes.

Only Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s “Civil Contract” faction took part in the discussions on the ratification of the Rome Statute, which has already announced that it will vote for the adoption of the corresponding bill.

The day before, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that “Armenia’s possible exit from the CSTO is its sovereign choice, but Moscow hopes that no interim administrations will destroy ties between the countries.” In fact, Lavrov called Pashinyan’s government “temporary.”