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President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday, a rare visit abroad for the Russian leader, who was indicted earlier this year by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes in Ukraine.
Mr Putin met with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov and is expected to attend a high-level meeting of what is known as the Commonwealth of Independent States, hosted by Kyrgyzstan, on Friday. The leaders of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will also participate in the meeting.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is not expected to attend, at a time when Yerevan's relations with Moscow have deteriorated amid mutual accusations.
This marks the first time this year that Mr Putin has traveled outside Russia and Ukrainian territories controlled by Moscow. Earlier this year, he visited the partially occupied regions of Ukraine, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, as well as the annexed Crimean Peninsula.
In March, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Putin over the deportation of children from Ukraine. Countries that have signed and ratified what is known as the Rome Statute, on the basis of which this court was created, are obliged to arrest the Russian leader if he steps on their territory.
The decision forced Mr Putin to skip an economic meeting in South Africa in August and also further strained Moscow's ties with Armenia, after the latter decided to ratify the Rome Statute earlier this month. However, Armenian officials have tried to reassure the Kremlin that the Russian leader would not be arrested if he entered Armenia.
Russia says it does not recognize the court's jurisdiction and considers the court order invalid.
Kyrgyzstan has not signed the Rome Statute. In Central Asia, it is only Tajikistan that has done such a thing. Mr Putin traveled to both countries last year after the attack in Ukraine amid growing international isolation. He also visited other Central Asian countries in 2022 such as Armenia, Belarus, China, India and Iran.
At the end of this month, the Russian president is expected to visit China again. Last month, he also accepted an invitation to visit North Korea, although it remains unclear when that might happen.
President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday, a rare visit abroad for the Russian leader, who was indicted earlier this year by the International Criminal Court for war crimes in Ukraine.
Mr Putin met with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov and is expected to attend a high-level meeting of what is known as the Commonwealth of Independent States, hosted by Kyrgyzstan, on Friday. The leaders of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will also participate in the meeting.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is not expected to attend, at a time when Yerevan's relations with Moscow have deteriorated amid mutual accusations.
This marks the first time this year that Mr Putin has traveled outside Russia and Ukrainian territories controlled by Moscow. Earlier this year, he visited the partially occupied regions of Ukraine, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, as well as the annexed Crimean Peninsula.
In March, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Putin over the deportation of children from Ukraine. Countries that have signed and ratified what is known as the Rome Statute, on the basis of which this court was created, are obliged to arrest the Russian leader if he steps on their territory.
The decision forced Mr Putin to skip an economic meeting in South Africa in August and also further strained Moscow's ties with Armenia, after the latter decided to ratify the Rome Statute earlier this month. However, Armenian officials have tried to reassure the Kremlin that the Russian leader would not be arrested if he entered Armenia.
Russia says it does not recognize the court's jurisdiction and considers the court order invalid.
Kyrgyzstan has not signed the Rome Statute. In Central Asia, it is only Tajikistan that has done such a thing. Mr Putin traveled to both countries last year after the attack in Ukraine amid growing international isolation. He also visited other Central Asian countries in 2022 such as Armenia, Belarus, China, India and Iran.
At the end of this month, the Russian president is expected to visit China again. Last month, he also accepted an invitation to visit North Korea, although it remains unclear when that might happen. /VOA
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