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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Hungary to pull out of ‘political’ ICC as Netanyahu visits Budapest

Viktor Orbán and Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands in front of an Israeli flag
Viktor Orbán and Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands at the end of a press conference in Budapest. Photograph: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images

Hungary will leave the international criminal court because it has become “political”, the country’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, said as he welcomed his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanhayu – the subject of an ICC arrest warrant – to Budapest for an official visit.

Standing beside Netanyahu at the start of the four-day visit, Orbàn said Hungary was convinced the “otherwise very important court” had “diminished into a political forum”.

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