Armenia has adopted the statute of the Worldwide Prison Court docket.
Meaning it must observe an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, on suspicion of warfare crimes.
Armenia’s parliament ratified the Rome Statute on Tuesday.
That brings the nation below the jurisdiction of the courtroom in The Hague.
The plan had been strongly opposed by Russia, Armenia’s formal ally.
However ties have develop into strained since Azerbaijan took management of the Karabakh area.
Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith is reside in Yerevan and Yulia Shapovalova is standing by in Moscow for us for the most recent developments.
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