Biden Agrees With Putin Arrest Warrant but Admits It’s Mostly Symbolic

Biden Agrees With Putin Arrest Warrant but Admits It’s Mostly Symbolic
U.S. President Joe Biden (L) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Villa la Grange in Geneva on June 16, 2021. Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
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President Joe Biden said on March 17 that he thinks it’s “justified” that the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes, but he admitted that the move is mostly symbolic because neither Russia nor the United States recognizes the court’s jurisdiction.

“I think it’s justified,” Biden told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House. “It’s not recognized internationally [nor] by us. ... But I think it makes a very strong point.”

Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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