Hungary's incoming government will stay
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Hungary's incoming government will stay in the ICC and not exempt Israeli prime minister from arrest

Hungary's incoming government announces that the country will remain a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and will not exempt the Israeli prime minister from arrest.

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Hungary's incoming Prime Minister Péter Magyar has made it clear that his government will overturn Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's decision to leave the ICC.

The plans thus mean that arrest warrants issued by the ICC will be complied with, Magyar announced.

There has been an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since 2024. If Netanyahu accepts Hungary's invitation to Budapest in October, he risks being arrested.

"If a country is a member of the ICC and a wanted person is in our country, then the person must be arrested," Magyar reportedly told a reporter.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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