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has confirmed its veto of a joint statement on the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.

This was reported by the publication

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The Hungarian government said that the official Budapest is of the opinion that the head of diplomacy of the European Union, Josep Borrell, should make a statement on his own behalf, and not on behalf of all the member states of the Union.

Hungary had previously vetoed a joint statement on Putin's arrest warrant, so Josep Borrell issued it on his behalf.

"The EU considers the decision of the ICC as the beginning of the process of accountability and holding Russian leaders accountable for the crimes and atrocities they order, allow or commit in Ukraine," Borrell said in a statement.

We will remind, earlier it was reported that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Peter Szijjarto stated that Budapest

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In addition, we previously informed that the adviser to the head of the President's Office, Mykhailo Podolyak, stated that 

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