The Ukrainian embassy in Mexico on Wednesday asked the Mexican government to arrest Russian leader Vladimir Putin if he attends the inauguration of president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum.
Putin was invited to the inauguration of president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum.
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Kyiv’s delegation called Putin a “war criminal,” and also thanked Mexico for extending an invitation to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky for the ceremony on October 1.
“We are confident that the Mexican government would comply in any case with the international arrest warrant by handing over the aforementioned (Putin) to the United Nations judicial body in The Hague,” the Ukrainian embassy said in a statement.
In March 2023, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Putin on charges of war crimes stemming from the forced deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia following Moscow’s invasion in early 2022.
Juan Ramon de la Fuente, Sheinbaum’s foreign minister, stated that it was “standard protocol” to invite leaders from any country with whom Mexico has diplomatic relations, including Russia and Ukraine, to the inauguration.
Sheinbaum, Mexico’s first female president, earned a historic victory in the general election on June 2 and will begin her six-year tenure in October.
Putin and Zelensky were among the foreign leaders that congratulated her.
