Mongolia Flashcards
(5 cards)
Response
Allowed Putin to visit despite being signed on to the Rome statute (2002).
Signed a deal “Ensuring the Uninterrupted Supply of Oil and Petroleum Products from the Russian Federation to Mongolia.”
And another one for “the Expansion and Renovation of Thermal Power Plant No. 3 in Ulaanbaatar.”
Explanation
Interests have made them prioritise their own international interests of economic prosperity over their international obligation to arrest Putin for entering into their state.
EU response
“The EU regrets that Mongolia, a State Party to the Rome Statute of the ICC, did not comply with its obligations under the statute to execute the arrest warrant.”
Mongolia Ukraine support
In 2022, the country pledged $200,000 in humanitarian aid to Ukraine and witnessed public protests against the Russian invasion.