The European Union condemned “the illegal threat by a high-ranking Russian representative to use force against the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its host country, the Netherlands.” EU High Representative Josep Borrell also deplored, in a statement on Thursday, the measures announced by Russia against the ICC Prosecutor and Judges involved in the issuance of arrest warrants against Russian representatives.

Borrell reaffirmed the EU’s full support for the ICC and said that any retaliatory measure against those involved in the work of the ICC is unacceptable.

The EU remains committed to defending the Court from any outside interference aimed at obstructing the course of justice and undermining the international system of criminal justice, he said.

According to media reports, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday threatened to target the court in The Hague with missile strikes. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, were hit by the ICC arrest warrant last week.

Source: Kuwait News Agency