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🇯🇵🇷🇺 Japan has condemned Russia's attempt to extradite the Japanese president of the International Criminal Court.
Moscow is demanding that the Netherlands hand over ICC President Tomoko Akane and eight other court officials, retaliating against the court's 2023 arrest warrant for Putin over alleged war crimes in Ukraine.
Japan has formally protested Russia's demands, calling them “unjust and unacceptable.”
But Tokyo is also facing pressure from Washington, after they announced new sanctions that cut the ICC off from U.S. financial services, technology companies and dollar transactions.
That leaves Tokyo defending the international court against pressure from both Russia and the U.S.
Source: Associated Press
#worldnews
🇯🇵🇷🇺 Japan has condemned Russia's attempt to extradite the Japanese president of the International Criminal Court.
Moscow is demanding that the Netherlands hand over ICC President Tomoko Akane and eight other court officials, retaliating against the court's 2023 arrest warrant for Putin over alleged war crimes in Ukraine.
Japan has formally protested Russia's demands, calling them “unjust and unacceptable.”
But Tokyo is also facing pressure from Washington, after they announced new sanctions that cut the ICC off from U.S. financial services, technology companies and dollar transactions.
That leaves Tokyo defending the international court against pressure from both Russia and the U.S.
Source: Associated Press
#worldnews