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Hungary has been at odds with its fellow EU members over the war in Ukraine and other key issues.
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Hungary has withdrawn from the International Criminal Court as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to visit the country. The move was announced by Gergely Gulyas, a senior official in the Hungarian government. It represents a breakaway from the European Union as all other member states are signed up to the court. “Hungary will withdraw from the International Criminal Court,” Gergely Gulyas, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff wrote in a brief statement.
He added: “The government will initiate the withdrawal procedure on Thursday, in accordance with the constitutional and international legal framework.” The decision was declared as the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, arrived in Budapest. There is currently an international arrest warrant against him over his conduct during the war in the Gaza Strip. Mr Orban invited Mr Netanyahu to Hungary in November after the ICC, which is based in the Hague in the Netherlands, accused him of crimes against humanity.
The Hungarian PM, a close Netanyahu ally, called the arrest warrant “outrageously impudent” and “cynical”.
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