Pashinyan explained the ratification of the Rome Statute with the security of Armenia
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The ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) by Armenia is related to the security of the country. About it reported Prime Minister of the Republic Nikol Pashinyan.
“This has no connection with Armenian-Russian relations, but has to do with the security issue of Armenia,” he noted once again during government hour in parliament (quote according to Sputnik Armenia).
On September 11, on the air of Public Television, Pashinyan already stated, that this process began in December 2022 and is not related to relations between Yerevan and Moscow, but to tensions on the border with Azerbaijan. In his opinion, this is another factor influencing the country’s security in conditions where the CSTO has not fulfilled and is not fulfilling its obligations to Armenia.
Armenia signed the Rome Statute in 1998, but has not ratified it. In 2004, the constitutional court of the republic recognized the obligations of the treaty as contrary to a number of provisions of the 1995 constitution. The Government of Armenia appealed to the Constitutional Court with a request to retroactively recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC from May 2021 back in December 2022 – according to the Armenian authorities, this will allow calling on Azerbaijan to “responsibility for war crimes.”
On March 24, the Constitutional Court of Armenia decided that the obligations set out in the Rome Statute are in line with the fundamental law of the country. The Russian Foreign Ministry considered “absolutely unacceptable” Yerevan’s plans to join the Rome Statute against the backdrop of the position of this organization in relation to Russia. In September, the Armenian government sent Rome Statute to Parliament to consider ratification.
On September 8, the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned Armenian Ambassador to Moscow Vagharshak Harutyunyan and gave him a tough presentation after a series of unfriendly steps by Yerevan, which, among other things, include the ratification of the Rome Statute.
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