Biden backs ICC’s arrest warrant for Putin over war crime charges

US President Joe Biden. AFP/File
US President Joe Biden. AFP/File

WASHINGTON: Joe Biden said Friday the International Criminal Court’s issuance of an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin on accusations of a war crime for deporting Ukrainian children was “justified.”

The move “makes a very strong point,” the US president told reporters at the White House, while noting that the United States is not a member of the ICC.

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