himself in a location where he could be arrested. but at the same time, this is a signal from the international community that what is taking place in ukraine and has taken place in ukraine is against international law. and the court is making the allegation that president putin is responsible for that. as you say, the foreign ministry in moscow is saying that this is nothing to do with them, they say the decisions of the international court have no meaning for our country. this is the spokeswoman. she says that russia is not a party to the rome statute to the international criminal court. there is no obligations and russia does not cooperate with this body, and so on. not surprisingly, the ukrainians have taken a different position. they have made it clear they welcome this. the chief prosecutor, i am looking for the quote here, has said very specifically that the world has received a signal that the russian regime is criminal.
a signatory to the icc. it is highly unlikely russia would surrender any suspects to stand trial here but this is a hugely symbolic and there has been so much talk over the last few days about a possibility of arrest warrants in the future and now it has happened much sooner than many expected. one man has made this a parity affairs office, he has made this a priority for his office. he visited ukraine four times and he was pictured standing in eight children s centre is owned by empty cuts and he said in eight children s centre is owned by empty cots and he said at the time children cannot be used as the spoils of war and these arrest warrants are testament to his committed to bring justice to the people of ukraine. here s our russia editor steve rosenberg with how this is being seen in moscow.
xijinping will visit russia next week to hold talks with president putin. beijing and moscow say the two men will discuss strategic cooperation. beijing is currently promoting a plan it says can bring a negotiated end to the war in ukraine. however, china s neutrality has been questioned, as beijing continues to maintain close ties with moscow. the announcement for the state visit was made by the foreign ministry in beijing. take a listen. translation: during his state visit to russia, president xi jinping - will have an in depth exchange of views with president putin on bilateral relations and major international and regional issues of common concern. china will uphold its objective and fair position on the ukrainian crisis and play a constructive role in promoting peace talks. here s our china correspondent
people in russia think our leader has been accused of these were crimes and there is an arrest warrant out for him? i crimes and there is an arrest warrant out for him? i imagine they would very much warrant out for him? i imagine they would very much rather warrant out for him? i imagine they would very much rather not - warrant out for him? i imagine they would very much rather not agree l warrant out for him? i imagine they | would very much rather not agree or understand. but i don t think the accusation will go without some sort of generation for their attitudes. at least four russians in mariupol for example who were party to the hull business of evacuating children from that city. mariupol. huge losses, deaths and barriers and so on. they can honestly know about this and believe that it never
the only reaction we have heard so far has come from the spokesperson of the russian foreign ministry. what she has done is reposted a commentary that she made it yesterday about the international criminal courts. according to which she says decisions by the international criminal court have no significance whatsoever for russia. she goes on to say that russia does not cooperate with the icc and that decisions by the icc are meaningless. that has been russia s position all along. moscow does not recognise the jurisdiction of the international criminal court. also russia does not extradite its nationals, so it is impossible to imagine at the moment vladimir putin being extradited to the international criminal court. i think this is more symbolic, because what it does, this issuing of an arrest warrant, this tarnishes even more president putin s international