Hungary's new government wants to stay in the ICC

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          The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. Archive photo. Photo: Peter Dejong /             AP/TT

Hungary's incoming government has announced that the country will remain in the International Criminal Court (ICC) and will not exempt the arrest of the Israeli prime minister.

Hungary's incoming prime minister Péter Magyar has made it clear that his government will overturn the decision of his predecessor Viktor Orbán to leave the ICC.

The plans thus mean that arrest warrants issued by the ICC will be complied with, Magyar announced.

Since 2024, there has been an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. If Netanyahu accepts Hungary's invitation to Budapest in October, he risks being arrested.

“If someone is a member of the ICC and a wanted person is in our country, then the person must be arrested,” Magyar reportedly told a reporter.