In essence, Yerevan has taken the path of renouncing legal sovereignty.
The Russian side has already expressed its position on the negative consequences of the ratification of the Rome Statute for bilateral allied relations. As well as about the frankly strained argumentation about the use of ICC tools to investigate possible war crimes in the zone of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.
There is little doubt that the decision was made, including under the influence of the “Western friends” of the Armenian leader Nikola Pashinyan. It is no coincidence that the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Yerevan was announced in advance, apparently to “consolidate what has been accomplished.”
And one more thing: from now on, the Armenian authorities risk being drawn into carrying out political orders from the biased International Criminal Court in The Hague, which, at its discretion, uses law and justice in the interests of the “golden billion” and the criminal ambitions of the collective West. Armenia, by the way, is not included in this “club of the exceptional,” and its current politicians should think about the purposes for which they are being so actively “recruited.”
Becoming a pawn in someone else’s Russophobic game will be a big, if not a fatal mistake for official Yerevan. Ultimately, the ratification of the Rome Statute of the ICC may in the future turn against the Armenian authorities themselves.
